Topic: Online platforms

Booking has lodged a legal challenge against the European Commission’s decision to block its €1.6 billion purchase of eTraveli Group.

07 December 2023

The boss of the UK’s competition watchdog has rebuffed suggestions the agency will ease its scrutiny of digital deals once a new regulatory regime to rein in large technology companies comes into force.

06 December 2023

Businesses are failing to sufficiently engage with the opportunities posed by the Digital Markets Act, the head of the Dutch Competition Authority has warned.

06 December 2023

Markets driven by artificial intelligence “may tend towards natural monopolies due to network effects and access to data”, the chair of India’s antitrust authority has warned.

06 December 2023

Microsoft's software licensing practices harm UK customers, Google and Amazon have claimed, while washing their hands of wider concerns in the cloud services market in submissions to the Competition and Markets Authority.

05 December 2023

TikTok has asked the EU's General Court to suspend its obligations under the Digital Markets Act pending a challenge against its gatekeeper designation, less than a month after it alleged the European Commission’s decision constrains its competitiveness.

04 December 2023

The expanding ecosystems of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft highlight the “critical need for regulatory reform”, Australia’s antitrust authority has said.

27 November 2023

Automatic pricing mechanisms used by Amazon and two other large e-commerce platforms are facing close scrutiny in Turkey.

17 November 2023

Meta and TikTok have challenged aspects of their designations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act.

16 November 2023

An Italian court has suspended Amazon’s challenge against a €1.13 billion abuse of dominance fine pending a ruling from the EU’s top court in a parallel case seeking clarification on the legality of antitrust investigation timelines.

16 November 2023