Apple Insider: BBC cries foul over lack of branding for its Apple News stories. “The new accusations come in the midst of an ongoing investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the two tech giants’ dominance in web browser engines and smartphone operating systems. The new complaint from the BBC suggests that aggregate news services minimize credit for the providers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/apple-insider-bbc-cries-foul-over-lack-of-branding-for-its-apple-news-stories/

Meta's antitrust case is the first major test for President Trump’s FTC and Chair Andrew Ferguson, a Big Tech critic. Meta is exploring a possible settlement. #Meta #Antitrust #FTC #BigTech #TechNews #AndrewFerguson #Regulation #CorporateLaw #TechPolicy

Oh no. Lol. Possibly the real reason for the stunt 25 hour filibuster stunt that didn't disrupt ANY trump legislation? He was trying to get out of this antitrust hearing after taking Big Tech $$.

ICYMI: Apple fined €150 million: ATT framework ruled anticompetitive: Apple's App Tracking Transparency approach deemed disproportionate and harmful to smaller publishers. https://ppc.land/apple-fined-eu150-million-att-framework-ruled-anticompetitive/ #Apple #AppTrackingTransparency #PrivacyPolicy #Antitrust #DigitalMarketing

ICYMI: Apple fined €150 million: ATT framework ruled anticompetitive https://ppc.land/apple-fined-eu150-million-att-framework-ruled-anticompetitive/ #Apple #AppTrackingTransparency #PrivacyPolicy #Antitrust #DigitalMarketing

Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement to avoid an antitrust trial for Meta later this month, after visiting the White House on April 2. #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Antitrust #TechNews #WhiteHouse #BusinessPolitics #Facebook

Zuckerberg Tries Back-Channel Trump Push to Halt Meta Antitrust Trial

#Meta #Zuckerberg #Antitrust #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA #FTC #BigTech #Interoperability #Antitrust #POTUS #Lobbying #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/03/zuckerberg-tries-back-channel-trump-push-to-halt-meta-antitrust-trial-xcxwbn/

#Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of #TikTok, …as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the #UnitedStates….

Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President #JDVance & #HowardLutnick, the #commerce secy….

#USpol #Trump #broligarchy #JeffBezos #law #tech #Antitrust
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A

Many economists advocate free trade. But, does it even work? Today in the Sling. Mark Glick and Gabriel Lozada discuss the failed assumptions of free trade.
Check it out!

#Econtwitter #Antitrust #tariffs

https://www.thesling.org/the-failed-assumptions-of-free-trade/

ICYMI: Apple fined €150 million: ATT framework ruled anticompetitive: Apple's App Tracking Transparency approach deemed disproportionate and harmful to smaller publishers. https://ppc.land/apple-fined-eu150-million-att-framework-ruled-anticompetitive/ #Apple #AppTrackingTransparency #Privacy #Antitrust #SmallBusinesses

The One Agency Act is a good first step. But it does not go far enough, argues Darren Bush. Let's create the Zero Agency Act and make antitrust enforcement efficient.

#Antitrust #Econtwitter

https://www.thesling.org/the-zero-agency-act/

"Apple has been hit with a fine of €150 million ($162 million) by France's competition watchdog over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy framework.

The Autorité de la concurrence said it's imposing a financial penalty against Apple for abusing its dominant position as a distributor of mobile applications for iOS and iPadOS devices between April 26, 2021 and July 25, 2023.

ATT, introduced by the iPhone maker with iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5, is a framework that requires mobile apps to seek users' explicit consent in order to access their device's unique advertising identifier (i.e., the Identifier for Advertisers or IDFA) and track them across apps and websites for purposes targeted advertising.

"Unless you receive permission from the user to enable tracking, the device's advertising identifier value will be all zeros and you may not track them," Apple notes on its website. "While you can display the AppTrackingTransparency prompt whenever you choose, the device's advertising identifier value will only be returned once you present the prompt and the user grants permission."

App developers, besides requesting for permission to track the users, are also required to state the purpose behind why such tracking is necessary in the first place."

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/apple-fined-150-million-by-french.html

France Fines Apple $162 Million Over Privacy Tool https://www.byteseu.com/881873/ #Antitrust #AppTrackingTransparency #Apple #DataTracking #France #News #Privacy #PYMNTSNews #regulations #What'sHot

Apple fined €150 million: ATT framework ruled anticompetitive https://ppc.land/apple-fined-eu150-million-att-framework-ruled-anticompetitive/ #Apple #AppTrackingTransparency #TechNews #Antitrust #Privacy

Apple fined €150 million: ATT framework ruled anticompetitive: Apple's App Tracking Transparency approach deemed disproportionate and harmful to smaller publishers. https://ppc.land/apple-fined-eu150-million-att-framework-ruled-anticompetitive/ #Apple #AppTrackingTransparency #TechNews #Antitrust #Privacy