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Italy's antitrust watchdog probes Apple over competition in app market

Italy's antitrust authority is probing allegations that Apple is abusing its dominant position in the app market, thwarting competition, officials said on Thursday. The authority alleges that Apple's privacy policy for third-party developers is more restrictive than the one applied to its own apps, using language that discourages tracking. In addition, the antitrust authority alleges that outside developers also face restrictions in the quality of data provided by Apple regarding the effectiveness of advertising, impacting revenues in favour of Apple's own apps. The authority said the data is essential in outlining the appeal of the app to potential advertisers. The presumed discriminatory conduct by Apple can cause a drop in advertising proceeds by third-party developers, in favour of its own commercial division, as well as impeding competition on the Apple app market, it said. The technology company, based in Cupertino, California, did not immediately respond to a request for ..

India's anti-trust law raises penalty, seeks deposit before appeal

India's income tax law too requires a deposit of 20% before appeal

Parliament passes antitrust legislation on overseas mergers & acquisitions

The legislation was approved by the upper house of parliament on Monday. The lower house had ratified it last week. The bill will need a sign off from the president

$61-billion VMware deal: Broadcom to get warning from regulators

The EU competition enforcer, which will decide on the deal by June 7

Amazon 'faces' US FTC antitrust investigation over market practices

The FTC began probing Amazon during the tenure of Republican Chairman Joseph Simons while Donald Trump was president

Apple to voluntarily correct its unfair commission policy in app market

Tech giant Apple has expressed its intention to voluntarily correct its commission policy, which ends up charging more for local app developers, South Korea's antitrust regulator has said

Musk has undermined Twitter's integrity: US senators urge antitrust probe

The US lawmakers claimed that Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer, has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform.

Google pauses in-house billing system in India on antitrust directive

Developers in India were given an additional extension until October 31, 2022 to comply due to unique circumstances with the payments landscape in the country

Top Headlines: RIL Q2 net flat, CCI speeds up Apple antitrust case & more

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CCI raids engineering companies after Coal India antitrust complaint

The watchdog as a matter of policy does not make public details of its ongoing price cartel investigations, or raids

India launches antitrust raids on Amazon sellers Cloudtail, Appario: Report

India's antitrust body launched raids at two top sellers of Amazon.com Inc over violations of domestic competition laws, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said

Coinbase CEO Armstrong calls out Apple's 'potential antitrust issues'

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong has called out Apple over "potential antitrust issues" in a recent episode of the Superstream Podcast.

Fully cooperating with ongoing CCI investigation, says Apollo Tyres

CCI officials visited the offices of Apollo Tyres on Wednesday.

Understanding online marketplace from antitrust point of view

Traditional antitrust tools, fine-tuned for tackling concerns of digital economy, may help prevent monopoly.

AMD wins European Union antitrust nod for $35 billion Xilinx acquisition

The European Commission said it had not found any issues after a preliminary review.

Google faces fine after Russian watchdog says it broke antitrust law

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service said the fine would be determined during an administrative investigation, adding Google's conduct had infringed users' interests and restricted competition

Cook, Pichai lobbying US Senators against antitrust law: Report

US-based tech giants are worried about the new antitrust legislation as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai have been personally "calling and meeting with Senators"

US judge rejects Facebook's request to dismiss antitrust complaint

In a blow to Facebook, US federal judge ruled that US antitrust officials can continue their case to break up Meta, Facebook's parent company

German watchdog puts Google under closer antitrust scrutiny

Europe has led the global move to crack down on tech giants, but early efforts drew criticism that investigations took too long

Italian watchdog fines Amazon $1.3 bn for abusing its market position

The antitrust watchdog called AGCM was particularly concerned with the benefits Amazon gives to sellers on its platform that also pay to use its FBA logistics service