{"id":26058,"date":"2022-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/?page_id=24330"},"modified":"2023-08-06T19:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:06:34","slug":"global-tracker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/faculty\/centers\/ctlb\/global-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Tracker for Developments in Antitrust Enforcement and Competition Policies for the Tech Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26058\" class=\"elementor elementor-26058\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4831dbb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4831dbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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href=\"https:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/faculty\/centers\/ctlb\/presentations\/\">Presentations and Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-64337\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-64337\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/faculty\/centers\/ctlb\/china-submit\/\">2022 China Summit on Global Mergers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a64b83c m-content-wrapper\" data-id=\"a64b83c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1bc3b6 background-white elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"b1bc3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<H2 class=\"title \">\t\t\t\t\t<span>United States<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/H2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordionMe\" id=\"united-states\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">The Supreme Court's Google Case Has Free Speech On The Line <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 22, 2023<\/p><p>On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case of Gonzalez v. Google, of which the outcome could fundamentally reshape freedom of speech on the internet.<\/p><p>At the heart of the case is whether Section 230 should be repealed. This small piece of law has protected social media giants from large swathes of scrutiny for their content moderation policies.<\/p><p>As the debate around Big Tech and content moderation heats up, with both sides of the aisle calling for reform, let\u2019s look at the future of free speech on the internet.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/qai\/2023\/02\/22\/the-supreme-courts-google-case-has-free-speech-on-the-line\/?sh=b55583ee99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Experts talk antitrust in technology at symposium <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 20, 2023<\/p><p>The Department of Economics hosted a symposium at Taper Hall Tuesday evening to discuss GAFAM \u2014 the five Big Tech companies dominating the market: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft \u2014 and the role of antitrust law in the industry.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailytrojan.com\/2023\/02\/22\/experts-talk-antitrust-in-technology-at-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">What is the Justice Department's ad tech antitrust case against Google? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 22, 2023<\/p><p>Over the past decade-plus, Google has come to dominate the digital advertising industry. And in the eyes of the U.S. Department of Justice, the search giant has become too dominant.<\/p><p>On Jan. 24, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Google accusing the company of having monopolized the ad tech market. According to the department\u2019s antitrust lawsuit, Google capitalized on its combination of ad tech tools \u2014 particularly its ad exchange and publisher ad server \u2014 to corner the programmatic ad market.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/wtf-is-the-justice-departments-ad-tech-antitrust-case-against-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">What The Al Arms Race Means For Google's Antitrust Woes <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 20, 2023<\/p><p>That Google was seemingly caught off guard in the AI arms race has inspired all manner of scrambling inside the company. CEO Sundar Pichai issued new mandates for employees to test AI services, policies were \u201crecalibrated\u201d to release products faster, and checked-out founders suddenly began tinkering with code. Microsoft\u2019s recent release of a new version of its Bing search engine enhanced by OpenAI\u2019s chatbot technology has jolted Google into action. Last week, the company rushed to debut its own chatbot, Bard, in an apparent attempt to front-run its Redmond rival. But amid the all-hands AI fire drill in Mountain View, there may be a whiff of regulatory relief. For the first time in decades, Google seems potentially at risk of losing at least some of its grip on search, a market it has repeatedly been accused of monopolizing.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/richardnieva\/2023\/02\/17\/google-microsoft-antitrust-openai-chatgpt\/?sh=35e6257f1111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">What you need to know about the Google antitrust case -- according to a former FTC commissioner <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February, 15 2023<\/p><p>Eight states and the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly sued the search engine giant over the monopoly they say Google holds on the digital advertising market. The case calls for Google to divest from its advertising suite, which includes publisher ad server DoubleClick.<\/p><p>This case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is the second currently running against Google that involved monopolization claims. In the fall of 2020, the DOJ filed a case claiming that Google had unfair control of search, thanks to partnerships with other big tech companies like Apple.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/technical.ly\/civic-news\/google-antitrust-case-federal-trade-commission-william-kovacic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">DOJ reportedly escalates Apple antitrust probe <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February, 15 2023<\/p><p>Justice Department officials have intensified efforts to develop a potential antitrust complaint targeting Apple, according to a report Wednesday.<\/p><p>While the antitrust probe into Apple\u2019s business began in 2019, the DOJ has \u201cescalated\u201d the effort by adding more lawyers to the case and making new requests for relevant documents and consultations with impacted companies, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p><p>The DOJ\u2019s probe is centered on whether the Tim Cook-run tech titan has engaged in anticompetitive business practices.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/15\/doj-escalates-apple-antitrust-probe-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">A bitter fight over how to police Big Tech just blew up inside the FTC, and things are about to get more heated <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February, 14 2023<\/p><p>And then there were three. The Republicans\u2019 sole commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Christine Wilson, has announced her resignation, leaving just a trio of Democrat commissioners at the U.S.\u2019s top antitrust agency\u2014the other Trump appointee, Noah Phillips, quit in the fall to spend more time with the private sector. The manner of Wilson\u2019s departure could have significant implications for Big Tech.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/02\/15\/ftc-christine-wilson-resignation-bitter-fight-police-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Could the FTC derail big tech's healthcare ambitions? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February, 13 2023<\/p><p>The Federal Trade Commission\u2019s skepticism of tech-fueled healthcare mergers could spell trouble for Amazon and One Medical, experts say.<\/p><p>For years, the FTC has tried to thwart mergers between large hospital systems. Recent action reveals its focus could be widening to include mergers involving digital health providers and big tech companies.<\/p><p>Erik Gordon, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, said the FTC may look at companies sharing patient data with third parties as an anti-competitive practice and use it as a reason to stop these proposed mergers.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalhealth.modernhealthcare.com\/mergers-acquisitions-ma\/ftc-derail-amazon-one-medical-united-CVS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('united-states');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">EU riles Big Tech with telecoms network costs consultation <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 23, 2023<\/p><p>The European Commission drew criticism from Meta Platform and other Big Tech firms on Thursday with the launch of a consultation on who should foot the bill for billions of euros of investments in Europe's telecoms network.<\/p><p>For more than two decades Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for leading technology companies to contribute to 5G and broadband roll-out.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/eu-eyes-big-tech-seeks-101710383.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGV7Xx-k3retLthaOomWFZRNUR1AgZyEyqlZzMli1VPDrtMfpAdLLAOUABIqH_wwn7_WFFw8v5ICDYRLXbkwZBoCJLOOivMZNLLH9dBM8c7Qvw44zQjCauyZngpjt0DDgyiHZK2xcLNqGb-GJ7UcTUmKIgo500mddrhoxCgQGx6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Photomath acquisition by March 28 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 22, 2023<\/p><p>EU antitrust regulators have set a March 28 deadline for their decision on Alphabet unit Google's acquisition of Croatian maths app Photomath, according to a European Commission filing on Wednesday.<\/p><p>The EU competition enforcer can clear the deal with or without remedies after its preliminary review or it can open a four-month-long investigation if it has serious concerns<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/technology\/eu-antitrust-regulators-to-decide-on-googles-maths-app-buy-by-march-28\/articleshow\/98154624.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Microsoft makes case for Activision Blizzard merger amid EU scrutiny <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 21, 2023<\/p><p>Microsoft's Xbox video game division on Tuesday announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia as it tries to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard.<\/p><p>A key audience for the announcements were the European Union antitrust regulators who held a closed-door meeting Tuesday with executives from Microsoft and some of their competitors, including Sony and Google.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/microsoft-makes-case-for-activision-blizzard-merger-amid-eu-scrutiny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">EU Rules Compliance Push Prompts TikTok to Open Two More European Data Centers <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 14, 2023<\/p><p>TikTok has announced that it will be adding to its European data centers in a bid to stay in compliance with EU rules and reassure users in the region. The video sharing platform has announced plans for a new data center in Ireland and a third in the early discussion phase.<\/p><p>The company is currently working on opening the first of its European data centers in Dublin, something that has been in the works for over a year now. Its EU user data is currently stored in the United States and Singapore to avoid servers in China, though the company has run into numerous issues under this plan.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpomagazine.com\/data-protection\/eu-rules-compliance-push-prompts-tiktok-to-open-two-more-european-data-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Microsoft scheduled to defend Activision deal at EU hearing <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 15, 2023<\/p><p>Reuters reports that Microsoft will have a final chance to defend the $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, publisher of the wildly popular Call of Duty franchise among other industry leading IPs. The closed-door hearing will take place on February 21 and will be attended by EU and national antitrust officials.<\/p><p>The company requested a hearing after receiving the statement of objection from the EU Commission regarding the deal. The antitrust regulators found that the merger had possible anti-competitiveness effects. A spokesperson for Microsoft confirmed that the oral hearing will take place next week.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xfire.com\/microsoft-scheduled-to-defend-activision-deal-at-eu-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">EU antitrust regulators set March 20 deadline for Orange's MasMovil bid. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 15, 2023<\/p><p>EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 20 whether to clear French telecoms provider Orange's $19 billion bid for Spanish telecoms provider MasMovil, a European Commission filing showed on Tuesday.<\/p><p>Orange sought EU approval the previous day.<\/p><p>The EU competition watchdog can clear the deal with or without remedies after its preliminary review ends, or it can open a four-month investigation if it has serious concerns.<\/p><p>The deal marks a tie-up between Spain's second and fourth largest telecoms operators, which could trigger more stringent scrutiny by the Commission.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/tech\/tech-news\/2023\/02\/15\/eu-antitrust-regulators-set-march-20-deadline-for-orange039s-masmovil-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Norwegian payment app Vipps takes on Apple, wants EU antitrust action <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 15, 2023<\/p><p>Norwegian mobile payment app Vipps wants European Union (EU) antitrust regulators to force Apple to allow access to its tap and go technology without any restrictions so that other companies can be more competitive, Vipps Chief Executive Rune Garborg said.<\/p><p>Garborg's comments came a day after Apple made a last ditch bid to convince EU antitrust regulators that it does not block rivals' access to its technology used for mobile wallets at a closed hearing. Vipps was a third party at the hearing.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/business\/norwegian-payment-app-vipps-takes-apple-wants-eu-antitrust-action-3280301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Epic Games Accuses Google of Anticompetitive Behaviour; EU Drafts New Law Over Banks' Involvement with Crypto <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 14, 2023<\/p><p>Gaming behemoth Epic Games has alleged that Google is not wholly complying with an antitrust directive. The claim, brought against Google in New Delhi on Thursday (9th February), alleges that Google is continuing to omit Epic\u2019s app store on the Google Play Store app.<\/p><p>Epic\u2019s complaint is the latest legal headache for Google in India; just last month, the tech giant conceded to changing its Android business model after an unsuccessful legal battle with the Competition Commission of India.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangewire.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/14\/epic-games-accuses-google-of-anticompetitive-behaviour-eu-drafts-new-law-over-banks-involvement-with-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('europe');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3bc1a1 background-white elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"c3bc1a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<H2 class=\"title \">\t\t\t\t\t<span>Americas<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/H2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordionMe\" id=\"america\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Apple reiterates demand that Brazilian regulator's App Store antitrust investigation be shelved immediately and gets UK appellate hearing on March 10 (CMA market investigation) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 8, 2023<\/p><p>In mid-January, Brazil's competition authority--Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econ\u00f4mica (CADE), which translates as Administrative Council for Economic Defense--opened a full-blown investigation into Apple's App Store terms and practices further to complaints by Latin America's largest e-commerce company, Mercado Libre (in Brazil: Mercado Livre), and another regional player, Clique. A complaint by Mercado Libre is also pending in Mexico.<\/p><p>A week ago, Apple filed an answer to CADE's question concerning investigations in other jurisdictions that was, quite naturally, designed to understate the extent to which the App Store is the subject of antitrust inquiries around the globe.<\/p><p>Yesterday, Apple responded to another CADE request and provided a copy of its App Store Review Guidelines as well as a Portuguese translation of that document.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fosspatents.com\/2023\/02\/apple-reiterates-demand-that-brazilian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">The interim in the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce is concerned, the new head is also under commission <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 2, 2023<\/p><p>The appointment of Mar\u00eda del Socorro Pimienta Corbacho as Superintendent of Industry and Commerce was made official by Decree 0129 issued last Tuesday, January 31, by the Ministry of Commerce.<\/p><p>However, as read in the norm, this designation maintains the provisionality in that official unit: \"Instruct, as of January 31, 2023, in the job of superintendent, Code 0030, Grade 25 of the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), to Dr. Mar\u00eda del Socorro Pimienta\u201d.<\/p><p>In this way, the internship persists in the institution responsible for enforcing the proper functioning of the markets through the surveillance and protection of free economic competition, despite the fact that this government will adjust within six months of taking office.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elcolombiano.com\/negocios\/la-superindustria-y-comercio-sigue-bajo-encargo-en-colombia-2023-EH20271544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Brazil's antitrust authority (CADE) opens full-blown investigations of Apple's App Store monopoly abuse further to complaints by Mercado Libre and Clique, regardless of low iPhone market share <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>January 19, 2023<\/p><p>Brazil is becoming an increasingly important jurisdiction for competition as well as patent enforcement. In October, Brazil's competition authority--Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econ\u00f4mica (CADE), which translates as Administrative Council for Economic Defense--rendered a well-considered decision clearing Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Earlier this week, IAM's Adam Houldsworth pointed out that Ericsson was on the winning track against Apple in Brazil, with a key decision by Brazil's top court shortly before the December 2022 settlement (paywalled article). I've obtained some documents and will analyze them in the days ahead.<\/p><p>The latest news is that CADE yesterday opened formal investigations of Apple's alleged abuse of its iOS app distribution (and in-app payments) monopoly further to complaints by Latin America's e-commerce giant Mercado Libre and another complainant named Clique. Mercado Libre is the Amazon on the continent of the Amazon river: the leading regional ecommerce company.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fosspatents.com\/2023\/01\/brazils-antitrust-authority-cade-opens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">The first legal case is resolved in Colombia with the help of the ChatGPT robot <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 2, 2023<\/p><p>A Colombian judge resolved a case on the right to health of an autistic child with the help of the ChatGPT conversational robot, being the first sentence to be drafted based on artificial intelligence in the country.<\/p><p>\"It is a huge window, today it can be ChatGPT, but in three months it can be any other alternative that makes it easier to write texts and that the judge leans on them, not with the aim of replacing it,\" said the judge of the case, Juan Manuel Padilla, in an interview with Blu Radio this Thursday.<\/p><p>The ruling dated January 30 resolved a mother's request for her autistic son to be exempted from paying for medical appointments, therapies, and transportation to hospitals, since the family does not have the financial resources to take care of it.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/es\/resuelven-en-colombia-el-primer-caso-jur%C3%ADdico-con-la-ayuda-de-robot-chatgpt\/a-64597510#:~:text=La%20sentencia%20con%20fecha%20del,recursos%20econ%C3%B3micos%20para%20hacerse%20cargo.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">War? Apple enters Cade's sights after complaints from Mercado Libre <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>January 29, 2023<\/p><p>According to Reuters, the complaint was made at the end of last year. Mercado Libre claims that Apple has created restrictions on purchases made on the iPhone so that only Apple payment methods are used.<\/p><p>Still according to the complaint, Apple's system prevents customers from being directed to the websites of companies, conduct that undermines free competition.<\/p><p>The Board accepted the complaint and considered other similar cases against Apple. The conduct has also been investigated, for example, in the European Union, South Korea, Japan and other parts of the world.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/editalconcursosbrasil.com.br\/noticias\/2023\/01\/guerra-apple-entra-na-mira-do-cade-apos-denuncias-do-mercado-livre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('america');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59cee1 background-white elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"a59cee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<H2 class=\"title \">\t\t\t\t\t<span>Asia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/H2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordionMe\" id=\"asia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">India launches home-grown mobile OS to rival Android <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 5, 2023<\/p><p>The Indian government has unveiled BharOS, a home-grown mobile operating system (OS) that is being pitched as the country\u2019s answer to Google-owned Android and Apple-owned iOS, the world\u2019s dominant mobile operating systems.<\/p><p>Developed at a start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras \u2013 one of the country\u2019s top engineering colleges \u2013 BharOS is a government-funded project to develop a free and open-source OS for use in government and public systems.<\/p><p>A mobile OS is a software that is the core interface on smartphones, such as Android by Google and iOS by Apple.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/south-asia\/india-launches-home-grown-mobile-os-to-rival-android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Amazon, Alphabet antitrust push seen unlocking value in shares <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 14, 2023<\/p><p>With big tech companies facing weaker growth trends and an economic outlook that could prevent the group from regaining its leadership role in the market, revived antitrust fervor might seem to be the last thing they need. Some investors disagree.<\/p><p>While a breakup of megacaps could be an unlikely scenario, and one that could take years to play out in the legal system, it isn\u2019t an idle question. The group is a bipartisan target, and President Joe Biden last week called for legislation targeting big tech; his State of the Union speech marked the first time the word \u201cantitrust\u201d had been used in the annual address since 1979, according to historical records.<\/p><p>Breaking up big tech could unlock value in companies like Amazon.com Inc. or Alphabet Inc., both of which have powerhouse businesses whose potential is obscured in their sprawling corporate structure. If those were spun out into pure plays, the thinking goes, the new families of stocks could be worth more together than the combined entities are now.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/tech-news-technology\/amazon-alphabet-antitrust-push-seen-unlocking-value-in-shares-8443465\/lite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Google Loses Bid to Block Indian Android Antitrust Ruling, Assures Cooperation with CCI <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p>February 14, 2023<\/p><p>With the attempt to seek relief from the Supreme Court proving unsuccessful, Google has said it will need to alter its business model as per CCI directives in India \u2013 among the world\u2019s key emerging markets. Google has more than 500 million monthly active users in India, where 98 percent of the smartphones are powered by its popular operating system, Android. As per the new CCI requirement, Google would need to modify its existing contracts, introduce new license agreements, and alter its existing arrangements with more than 1,100 device manufacturers and thousands of app developers. This plausible change in its business model may significantly impact the financial viability of its India operations and Google has warned that such changes would hurt consumers at large.<\/p><p>It must be noted that the deadline to implement CCI\u2019s modifications to Google\u2019s existing business model was January 19, but the Supreme Court has granted a month\u2019s extension.<\/p><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.india-briefing.com\/news\/google-loses-bid-to-block-indian-android-antitrust-ruling-assures-cooperation-with-cci-27204.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Original Article<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('asia');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Tracker for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":26050,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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