Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo, the digital disposable camera social network. More posts by this contributor Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly This is the second post in a series on the Facebook monopoly. The first post explored how the U.S. Federal Trade Commission should define the Facebook monopoly. I am … Read more
Elizabeth Warren tries to guess which billionaire face she held up during a game on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” last year. (YouTube screengrab) In a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, Senator Elizabeth Warren alleged that Amazon’s multi-billion dollar offer for MGM could harm consumers and expand Amazon’s market dominance beyond … Read more
Facebook is facing new antitrust investigations in Europe. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU Competition Commission both announced a formal investigation into the social media giant’s activities today – with likely coordinated timing. Competition regulators will look into how Facebook uses data from advertisers and users of its single sign-on tool … Read more
(Bigstock photo) The news: Seattle-based Zillow Group responded to an antitrust lawsuit by Austin-based real estate startup Real Estate Exchange alleging anti-competitive behavior related to Zillow’s display of certain homes on its platform. In an opposition motion, Zillow claims that REX’s claims are selfish and that his motion “fails at every level and should be … Read more
Chinese authorities fined Alibaba $ 2.8 billion after closing an antitrust investigation into alleged monopoly practices. The state market regulator launched an investigation in December into the e-commerce giant’s “suspected monopoly behavior”, particularly its policy of forcing merchants to sell exclusively on their platforms and preventing them from selling on competing e-commerce websites for sale. … Read more