Tech Freedom
Amazon is on the brink of EU antitrust investigation
Amazon will face investigation within days.
Apple to make its own podcasts and compete with indie podcasters, cementing its role as a publisher
Some podcasters are worried that Apple will use its dominance to its own advantage.
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google to face antitrust scrutiny starting tomorrow
Tech companies are increasingly facing antitrust criticism and the hearings are about to kick off this week.
Google bans Gab app, gives the decentralized social network an impossible list of demands
Google’s decision means it can now ban ANY app that features what it deems to be user generated content if it decides that content is “objectionable.”
Larry Sanger calls the state of the internet “appalling’
The Wikipedia co-founder called for a Declaration of Digital Independence.
Google and Facebook’s ad market dominance faces major UK investigation
The two companies control 70% of the market.
India is launching an antitrust probe against Google
India is the latest country who sees a problem with Google’s monopoly.
President Trump isn’t happy the EU keep suing US tech companies
Trump thinks it should be up to the US to take action on tech companies, not the EU.
Mark Zuckerberg says he can’t think of a single good reason to break up Facebook
Zuckerberg can’t think of a good reason, but congress can think of many.
Parler CEO says Apple won’t let free speech app update unless it censors content
Apple thinks it should decide what content is allowed inside third-party apps.
Apple says Spotify pays App Store fee on less than 1% of its premium user in response to antitrust complaint
Spotify’s original antitrust complaint claims that Apple’s 30% fee gives it an unfair competitive advantage.
Maxine Waters will bring Facebook before congress to discuss its Project Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook’s Libra has been hit with criticism from the moment it was announced.