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Lot of concerns about behaviour of big tech firms: Piyush Goyal

There are a lot of concerns about the behaviour of big tech companies including US firms and India would like to protect its policy space and express its concern regarding these entities, Goyal said

Google and Facebook nearing deals to pay for news, says Australia

Seven West Media strikes partnership with Google

Big tech needs clearer laws on online speech: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

In the past several years, antitrust regulators have ramped up investigations into the market power of large technology companies

EU ready to follow Australia's lead on making Big Tech pay for news

Facebook has also warned it will stop users in Australia from sharing news if the legislation is passed in its current form

Social media firms put 'profit above principle' on news: S'pore minister

The minister pointed to the United States where lawmakers have also chided social media firms for allowing misinformation about the U.S. election to spread

China regulators to push tech giants to share consumer credit data: Report

The latest regulatory attempt would likely dampen the scale and profitability of tech majors' credit businesses

Bans on Parler and Trump show big tech's power over web conversation

With an internet ecosystem dominated by a few big players, the app has little chance of survival without access to these mainstream channels

Google employees form union in US, escalating tension with management

The elected leaders of the union made the announcement in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday

Big tech bets and cryptocurrencies power 2020's top US funds

The year was a challenge like few others for the $21.3 trillion mutual fund and $4.4 trillion ETF industry

Big Tech to shop for Covid-hit competitors in next 5 years: Report

The economic shock is poised to result in a wave of mergers and acquisitions

Google India posts 35% jump in full-year revenue, profit climbs 24%

Total expenses rose 30.4 per cent in the same period

Google won't file motion to dismiss lawsuit; to fight it in Federal court

Alphabet's Google said on Friday it would not file a motion to dismiss a US government lawsuit filed last month but would fight it in federal court

Best of BS Opinion: The post-lockdown scars, pollution in NCR, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Big tech companies show resilience to Covid-19 pandemic, politics

Combined sale leapt 18% YoY, 4% higher than expected

Tech giants to face tougher new rules, says Europe's digital chief

European Vice-President and Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is due to announce the new rules known as the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act on Dec. 2

Reining in monopolies

Anti-trust suit against Google could have lessons for India

US vs Google antitrust case: 10 top takeaways from 64 page complaint

The US Justice Department and 11 states sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it weaponised its dominance in online search and advertising to kill off competition and harm consumers.

Japan to join forces with US, Europe in regulating Big Tech firms

The chairman of Japan's Fair Trade Commission, also said Tokyo could open a probe into any merger or business tie-up involving fitness tracker maker Fitbit if the size of such deals are big enough

Four big tech companies under attack, accused of 'monopoly power'

The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses

US House Antitrust report might be the beginning of Big Tech's reckoning

Each of the company's anticompetitive practices were presented in excruciating detail in the report