Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren thinks Big Tech is too big and wants it—and, in particular, Amazon, Facebook and Google—broken up and their past mergers and acquisitions unwound. And the FTC recently announced it was forming a Task Force to look into the technology markets. There do seem to be issues with Big Tech. But is antitrust, … Continue Reading
On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, the Bundeskartellamt (BKA), Germany’s antitrust enforcer, announced that it had initiated a probe of Facebook. In announcing the probe, BKA president Andreas Mundt stated that, “For advertising-financed internet services such as Facebook, user data are hugely important. For this reason it is essential to also examine under the aspect of … Continue Reading
