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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Musk threat to European democracy

    Free speech push, now backed by Meta’s Zuckerberg, risks spread of disinformation

    President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Iran
    Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play

    Reformist government promises removal of more internet curbs as it seeks to ease restrictions on population

    A young man performs a backflip over a woman sitting on a bench, absorbed in her phone, in Tehran
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Semiconductors
    US launches probe into Chinese semiconductor industry

    Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump

    An employee in protective clothing examines a semiconductor wafer in a clean room at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Fuzhou, China.
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    InterviewJonathan Kanter
    DoJ’s Kanter does not see a ‘complete U-turn on antitrust’ under Trump

    Top Biden enforcer predicts public demand will keep his successor from completely abandoning his tough approach

    Jonathan Kanter
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Social Media
    Australia’s social media ban for under-16s faces fake ID problems

    Company testing age-restriction measures warns they could be easily bypassed with spoofing software

    Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok probed by EU over alleged interference in Romania election

    Chinese social media platform suspected of failing to tackle risks of manipulation linked to Russia

    A screen in a Bucharest restaurant on December 7 showing election results
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok CEO meets Trump as it seeks to avert US ban

    President-elect has said his incoming administration is looking at how to save popular video app from looming deadline

    TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok loses bid for emergency halt to looming US ‘divest or ban’ law

    Fate of the popular ByteDance-owned app now will be decided by the Supreme Court — or Donald Trump

    TikTok’s office in California
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Google LLC
    Brussels probes Google and Meta secret ads deal to target teens

    Regulators request information after FT investigation into partnership that skirted search giant’s rules on minors

    A montage of a teenager using a phone with the logos of Google and Meta in the background
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Brazil
    Brazil judge who battled Musk says social media poses risk to democracy

    Alexandre de Moraes tells FT summit that platforms must be regulated after winning rare victory over X

    Alexandre de Moraes talks to the FT
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    EU tech regulation
    EU set to crack down on Asian online retailers Temu and Shein

    Brussels considering a tax to slow surge of goods sold on sites that evade custom duties and checks

    Shein and Temu icons displayed on a phone screen
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Google LLC
    US seeks Google divestitures including Chrome sale in search monopoly case

    Department of Justice also targets Android and asks for curbs on use of content to train AI models

    A close-up of a person using Google on a device
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Australia introduces bill to ban under-16s from social media

    Technology companies face fines of up to $32.5mn for systemic breaches

    Anthony Albanese
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    EU tech regulation
    Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices

    Facebook is undermining rivals by ‘tying’ its free Marketplace services with the social network, Brussels says

    Meta logo
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Indonesia
    Indonesia steps up trade protectionism with Apple and Google phone bans

    South-east Asia’s largest economy pushes foreign tech groups to invest locally or lose market access

    A customer looks at an Apple iPhone at a mall in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft accuses Google of ‘shadow campaigns’ to undermine its business

    War of words between Big Tech companies reveals fierce rivalry in cloud computing

    The logo of Microsoft is displayed on a phone, with Google’s logo in the background
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Elon Musk
    EU weighs including Musk’s business empire to calculate potential X fine

    Penalty would increase dramatically if regulators took into account revenues from billionaire’s other companies

    Montage of Elon Musk and X’s logo
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    News in-depthGoogle LLC
    How Google plans to deflect and delay a historic break-up threat

    Search group claims regulators are overreaching just as foreign and domestic rivals are gaining ground

    The Google logo over an image of the US Department of Justice building
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Google LLC
    US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case

    Justice department could seek ‘structural remedies’ such as forced product sales after judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in search

    Montage of Jonathan Kanter and Google chief Sundar Pichai, with the Google logo displayed in the background
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    LexGoogle LLC
    Google break-up reads like antitrust fan-fiction Premium content

    A world where the tech giant gets dismantled is more plausible than it was, but investors have reason to be unfazed

    A laptop displays the Google search homepage, showing the search bar and buttons labeled "Google Search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky."
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    X Corp
    X returns to Brazil after Elon Musk complies with court orders

    Ban lifted as billionaire backs down on his refusal to remove extremist content from platform

    The social media platform X  app on a smartphone in Rio de Janeiro
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Google LLC
    Google ordered to open Android to app store rivals after court loss

    Injunction is a blow to search giant defending three antitrust cases that threaten its core business

    Google logo on a building
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    EU tech regulation
    Google files Brussels complaint against Microsoft cloud business

    Search giant seeks antitrust probe of Big Tech rival over dominance of Azure platform

    Windows Azure signage
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazil imposes fine on Musk’s X after service returns

    Platform says temporary restoration was ‘inadvertent’ but will keep fighting court order that banned it in the country

    Elon Musk’s X account on a mobile phone with a Brazilian flag
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Google LLC
    Google wins appeal against €1.5bn EU competition fine

    EU’s General Court annuls financial penalty against search giant in legal victory for Big Tech in the bloc

    A screen displaying the Google logo and the European flag
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