The latest instance of China’s increasing scrutiny of tech giants sees Alibaba’s UC Browser vanish from several of the country’s biggest Android app stores, after state-backed CCTV criticised it for misleading advertising
Lawyers weigh in on the bipartisan Democracy Technology Partnership Act
Which? says the cost of smartphones was inflated as a result of Qualcomm’s anti-competitive practices
Momentum builds for ‘fragmented and confusing regulatory environment’ for cryptoassets in US to be addressed
The Competition and Markets Authority is probing suspected anti-competitive behaviour
The chip maker has been sued in Texas by a company that acquired the tech patents
A UK tribunal hands down differing verdicts to defendants Google and Apple in latest juncture of Epic Games’ complaints over in-app purchases
The world-first law is intended to make Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms
With Australia pushing ahead with landmark legislation that will force tech giants to pay publishers for news and the EU considering introducing similar laws as part of curbing Big Tech’s power, what could these developments mean for UK laws?
The proposed law exempts many small businesses and is less strict than California’s
Regulation comes as the buy now, pay later market booms amidst pandemic
Amazon claims violation of federal protocol in a lawsuit against the attorney general of New York in a bid to block her from regulating its workplace safety response to the pandemic
The lawsuit claims the social media giant failed to protect the personal information of one million people
The EC will hear from workers and employers' representatives later this month to decide if rules for gig workers’ conditions need to change
Customer complaints have included software upgrade failures and battery fires
The anti-monopoly laws target the country’s tech giants