The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether big technology companies are engaged in anticompetitive behaviour, addressing a rising ...
NEW YORK: The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether big technology companies are engaged in anti-competitive behaviour, addressing a rising tide of criticism they have become too powerful to the detriment of consumers.
European antitrust regulators fined Google US$5 billion in 2018 and ordered it to stop using its Android platform to block competitors. The European Union alleged that Google's illegal actions include forcing device manufacturers, who use the Android platform on their phones, to pre-install Google apps on devices, blocking out competitors' apps.
In 2012, Facebook bought social media app Instagram, one of its competitors. In 2014, it bought another of its competitors, messaging platform WhatsApp. Amazon has been criticised for its power over third-party sellers on its website, who must pay for advertising to compete against first-party and private label sales by Amazon's own brands.
Amazon reached an agreement with German antitrust authorities last week to change its agreement with third-party merchants following an investigation of complaints from the sellers that its terms were unfair. In response, an Amazon spokesman said small businesses are"thriving with Amazon" and that independent sellers make up more than 58 per cent of its gross merchandise sales.Last month, app developers Donald R. Cameron and Illinois Pure Sweat Basketball alleged in federal court that Apple's policy of only allowing the downloading of iPhone apps through its official App Store is anticompetitive.
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