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Antitrust Regulators Are Turning Up The Heat On Big Tech. Here’s Your Cheat Sheet

From Ohio to DC and from London to Paris, regulators and consumer privacy advocates are sharpening their pencils and their knives. If you don’t have time to keep track of all the actions underway, the biggest takeaway is not to expect a quiet summer. Regulators are increasingly convinced that scaled data collection can harm competition.… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // June 18th, 2021 //
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Facebook Transatlantic Data Transfers In Peril; Upstarts Threaten The Holdcos

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. You Got Probed The Irish aren’t so lucky, at least not for Facebook, which could lose its ability to transfer data from the European Union to the US. On Friday, Ireland’s High Court issued a ruling that allows the country’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) … Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // May 17th, 2021 //
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Snap Permanently Bans Trump’s Account; IAS Acquires Amino Payments

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Oh Snap! As crazy as it might be to imagine President Trump on Snapchat (although has anything about his four years in office made sense?) Donald does indeed have an account – with about 1.9 million subscribers – but not for long. Business Insider… Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // January 15th, 2021 //
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Tech Giants Lobby EU Lawmakers; The NFL Readies Makegoods As Ratings Drop

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Reining In Big Tech Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google continue to be in the antitrust crosshairs of regulators at home and abroad. According to Business Insider, European legislators were set to unveil a raft of new policy proposals Tuesday designed to curb the influence… Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // December 15th, 2020 //
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Kepler Group Buys Infectious Media; Walgreens Is Latest Retailer To Launch An Ad Platform

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Programmatic Merger Kepler Group has acquired UK-based Infectious Media for an undisclosed sum. Read the release. The combined global programmatic agency company has 400 professionals across London, Singapore, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and Costa Rica. The firms’ combined client roster includes Hasbro,… Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // December 4th, 2020 //
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Antitrust Crib Sheet: A Rundown On All Of The Big Tech Probes

Big tech can’t swing a cat these days without hitting an antitrust investigation. Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are all facing varying degrees of heat from the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general across the nation, the House Judiciary Committee and competition authorities around the world. It’s hard to keep track… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // September 17th, 2019 //
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Here’s How The Rest Of The World Is Going After Facebook, Following Its $5B FTC Fine

There aren’t a lot of companies that can take a multibillion-dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission in stride – and fewer still whose stock actually rises on the news. But that’s Facebook for you, whose stock went up 1.8% at the close of trading last week after reports that the FTC is planning a $5… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // July 16th, 2019 //
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France Slaps Google With 50 Million Euro Fine – Largest Yet Under GDPR

France’s data protection authority issued a 50 million euro fine against Google on Monday for failing to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation. Not only was Google found not to have the proper consents in place from its users to collect and process data for personalization and ad targeting, it may not even have… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 21st, 2019 //
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What Was And Wasn’t Said When Zuckerberg Testified In Brussels

Anyone hoping for an intense grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his testimony Tuesday before European politicians in Brussels can keep on waiting. Zuckerberg trotted out familiar talking points and was sheltered from the intensity and awkward eye contact of real interrogation by a strange format, in which members of the EU Parliament asked… Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // May 22nd, 2018 //
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The EU Ramps Up Regulatory Action As Pubs And Advertisers Lose Ground

In the past two weeks, the European Union has further expanded the scope of its regulatory powers and revealed more zealous plans to influence competition between digital properties. In late August, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) released net neutrality guidelines, which become law in 2018, that forbid practices like “fast lanes”… Continue reading »
by James Hercher // September 8th, 2016 //
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