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Fired Antitrust Official Reveals How Trump’s Friends Turned Justice Into A Pay-To-Play Business
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
When I was in DC last week, everyone seemed to be talking about the brewing drama at the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. The HPE/Juniper merger settlement had raised eyebrows, two senior officials had been fired, and rumors were swirling about pol…
Aug 20, 2025, 4:24 PM
Perplexity made a sky-high $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome — a bold and unusual move in the midst of antitrust scrutiny
sean.endicott@futurenet.com (Sean Endicott) , Sean Endicott, Windows Central
Perplexity made a $34.5 billion offer for Chrome, far above its own value, but Google has no plans to sell the world’s most-used browser.
Aug 18, 2025, 12:48 PM
Trump Destroys Whatever Was Left Of U.S. Corporate Oversight, Calls It “America First Antitrust”
Karl Bode, Techdirt
While there was a lot to criticize the Biden administration about, it did at least try to shift the balance back toward antitrust reform (see: Lina Khan), boosting competition, and occasionally trying to help labor (see: the noncompete ban). This desperately …
Aug 15, 2025, 12:32 PM
Break Up Big Tech: Civil Society Declaration – People vs. Big Tech
Vanessa, Peoplevsbig.tech
We, people and civil society organisations from Europe and around the world, call on the European Commission to act now to break up the powerful Big Tech
Jun 20, 2025, 8:02 AM
Apple won't be fined right away if it misses EU anti-steering compliance deadline
news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely), AppleInsider
Apple may miss the the European Union's looming App Store anti-steering compliance deadline enforced by the Digital Markets Act — but it won't face automatic fines if it does.Apple won't face anti-steering EU fine if it misses deadlineIt looks like both Apple…
Jun 19, 2025, 4:48 PM
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Meta chief Zuckerberg testifies in landmark antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
Firstpost
The case against Meta was originally filed in December 2020, during the first Trump administration, and all eyes were on whether he would ask the FTC to stand down
Apr 14, 2025, 11:54 PM
Google met with Trump's DOJ in effort to avoid historic break-up of search giant
New York Post
Google is urging President Trump’s Justice Department to abandon plans to break up its illegal monopoly over online search – and argued that doing so would jeopardize national security.
Mar 4, 2025, 11:50 PM