18 h. ago FTC Describes Instagram as a Groomer's Paradise at Meta Antitrust Trial

Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram platform used automated algorithms that suggested children for groomers and predators to follow on the app, according to a 2019 internal company document presented by the FTC during the ongoing Meta antitrust trial. The post FTC Describes Instagram as a Groomer’s Paradise at Meta Antitrust Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

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44 h. ago DOJ Reveals Plan to Remedy Google's Stranglehold over Online Advertising

As the September trial date approaches for the next phase of the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's ad tech practices, both sides have outlined their proposed remedies to address the tech giant's monopoly over digital advertising. The post DOJ Reveals Plan to Remedy Google’s Stranglehold over Online Advertising appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Stripe shows iOS developers how to avoid Apple’s App Store commission

Payments processing software provider Stripe is ready to help iOS app developers bypass Apple’s cut of App Store transactions. Following yesterday’s ruling in the Apple-Epic antitrust trial, where Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers outright shamed Apple for not permitting external payment links in apps as she had previously ruled, Stripe shared documentation that shows iOS developers […]

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1 week ago Google Antitrust Trial: Perplexity AI Exec Testifies Internet Giant Still Uses Exclusivity Deals to Beat Competition

As the remedy phase of the Google search monopoly case continues, a witness from AI startup Perplexity testified that the search giant's exclusivity contracts prevented smartphone maker Motorola from setting Perplexity AI as the default assistant on its new devices. The AI executive says Google's exclusive agreements are like a "gun to your head" from the perspective of device makers. The post Google Antitrust Trial: Perplexity AI Exec Testifies Internet Giant Still Uses Exclusivity Deals to Beat Competition appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Decades later, the Microsoft antitrust case casts a shadow over the Google trial

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing arguments to decide the penalties to levy against the search giant.

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2 w. ago ChatGPT Fuel: OpenAI Expresses Interest in Buying Google's Chrome if Monopoly Trial Forces Sale

As the remedy phase of Google's search monopoly antitrust trial unfolds, AI giant OpenAI has emerged as a potential buyer for Google's Chrome browser, with plans to transform it into an AI-centric experience. The post ChatGPT Fuel: OpenAI Expresses Interest in Buying Google’s Chrome if Monopoly Trial Forces Sale appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago At Meta’s Antitrust Trial, a Bygone Internet Era Comes Back to Life

In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed.

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2 w. ago OpenAI exec says the company would buy Google’s Chrome browser if offered the chance

An OpenAI exec said during Google’s antitrust trial this week that OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser, were it made available for sale. The executive, ChatGPT chief Nick Turley, said in a court hearing Tuesday that acquiring Chrome would allow OpenAI to “offer a really incredible experience” and “introduce users into what […]

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2 w. ago OpenAI exec says the firm would buy Google’s Chrome browser if offered the chance

An OpenAI exec said during Google’s antitrust trial this week that OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if it were made available for sale. ChatGPT chief Nick Turley said in a court hearing on Tuesday that acquiring Chrome would allow OpenAI to “offer a really incredible experience” and “introduce users into what […]

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2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company’s Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a […]

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2 w. ago Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant

With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered more insight into Meta’s internal struggles to keep Facebook relevant. In emails from 2022, Meta executives mulled different visions for Facebook’s future to boost its success, acknowledging that its cultural relevance was decreasing.  Fast-forward to […]

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2 w. ago Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it

The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known as Facebook approached the competitive threat posed by Instagram in the early 2010s. The U.S. government is accusing Meta of violating competition laws by acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp that threatened the Facebook monopoly. If lawyers for […]

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2 w. ago At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal

In her second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial over Meta’s power, Ms. Sandberg, the former chief operating officer, also said the company faced plenty of competition from TikTok.

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2 w. ago Meta Antitrust Trial: Mark Zuckerberg's Former Right Hand Woman Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Stand

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg took the stand to face intense questioning by the FTC on Wednesday as the agency seeks to break up Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant. The post Meta Antitrust Trial: Mark Zuckerberg’s Former Right Hand Woman Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Stand appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer

During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that […]

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3 w. ago Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in court to defend against monopoly claims

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking the witness stand for the third straight day, testifying in a federal antitrust trial that could threaten his business empire. Hear the latest from the trial.

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3 w. ago Facebook added 'value' to Instagram, Zuckerberg says in antitrust trial

Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.

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3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims

In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.

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3 w. ago At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp

The Meta chief executive, testifying in a landmark antitrust trial, denied he was trying to snuff out competitors.

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3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting all your Facebook friends

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting everyone’s Facebook friends in an effort to boost the social network’s cultural relevance. This “potentially crazy idea,” as the exec called it at the time, was revealed on Monday as a part of the evidence introduced during the first day of the U.S. government’s antitrust trial against Meta. […]

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