European Commission

EC Formally Investigating Amazon for Anti-Competitive Conduct

Amazon is feeling the pressure from the European Commission (EC). There is now officially a formal investigation underway on whether…

5 years ago

Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine

Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine Earlier this year, a European Commission hit Google with a $5BN fine. Yes,…

6 years ago

Asus, Denon, Philips, and Pioneer Fined €111 Million for Price Fixing

Strong-Arming Retailers Four consumer electronic firms were fined by the European Commission 111 million euros on Tuesday for fixing prices…

6 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Missed Opportunity

Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Disappointing and missed opportunity Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg faced the EU Commission to discuss the recent…

6 years ago

European Commission Is Investigating ASUS for Price Manipulation

Price manipulation is a very serious issue, and it looks like ASUS, alongside other brands such as Pioneer, Denon & Marantz,…

8 years ago

Facebook Charged With Misleading Over WhatsApp Merger

Facebook has been accused of deliberately misleading the European Commission (EC) over its merger with instant messaging app WhatsApp. Prior…

8 years ago

Ad-Blocker Blocking Websites Could be in Legal Trouble

Under European law, websites that block users from accessing their content if they are using ad-blocking software may be illegal.…

9 years ago

Billion Euro Quantum Technology Project Planned by European Commission

In a rather downplayed announcement, the European Commission revealed earlier this week that they would be launching a new quantum technology…

9 years ago

EU Antitrust Probe Could Put an End to Geo-Blocking

The European Union (EU) has started an antitrust investigation into a number of Hollywood film studios and the UK satellite…

9 years ago

If You Don’t Want to be Spied On, Close Your Facebook, Warns European Union

The European Union (EU) has warned its citizens that they should delete their Facebook profiles if they don’t want their…

10 years ago

US Lawmakers Against Europe’s Google Break-Up Plan

Last week, the European Union’s Parliament called for Google to be broken up into separate businesses to curb the company’s…

10 years ago

EU Wants to Break Up Google

The European Union’s European Parliament is calling for Google to be broken up into separate businesses in an effort to…

10 years ago

The EU Raids Several ISPs Over Throttling Of Services Like YouTube

The European Commission (EC) is investigating whether several large European ISPs are abusing their position by unfairly throttling access to…

11 years ago