All I want for 2021 is to see Mark Zuckerberg up in court The tech giants’ law-free bonanza is coming to an end on both sides of the Atlantic, but let’s speed up the process
Tech platforms vowed to address racial equity: how have they fared? Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and Amazon issued statements in response to Black Lives Matter this year but did they follow through?
Facebook to close Irish holding companies at centre of tax dispute Intellectual property to be repatriated to the US after IRS said it was owed $9bn in taxes
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‘This is big’: US lawmakers take aim at once-untouchable big tech A flurry of lawsuits, deemed the biggest antitrust action since the 1970s, mark a stunning reversal of fortunes for Silicon Valley
Facebook’s attempt to vilify Apple looks like sour grapes Analysis: Facebook says objections to new Apple feature that affects apps are bid to defend small businesses – but do we believe it?
Facebook oversight board says it ‘won’t shy away’ from tackling Trump-style disinformation Australian board member Nic Suzor says independent body ‘is not blind’ to election fraud conspiracies or hate speech
If the UK really wants to be a sovereign nation, it should stand up to big tech The government has come up with a clever new way of regulating the digital marketplace – but will it ever become law?
The US government wants to break up Facebook. Good – it’s long overdue America broke up logging companies in the 1840s, Standard Oil in the 1910s, and AT&T in the 1980s. It’s time to take on big tech
Facebook faces biggest legal battle in years as US officials launch lawsuits Regulators and 48 attorney generals take on company over antitrust concerns
Facebook lawsuits: the biggest tech battle yet, and one that is long overdue Analysis: The biggest antitrust case in a generation has been compared to the years-long lawsuit against Microsoft in 1998
Facebook’s ‘monopoly’ must be split up, US and states say in major lawsuits Prosecutor says company has used power ‘to crush rivals’, with allegations centered on acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp
Digital watchdog’s takeover powers might tame Facebook and Google at last The UK’s Digital Markets Unit is likely to have powers to protect startups from the giants, and about time too
Facebook faces antitrust allegations over deals for Instagram and WhatsApp Deals that brought the top four social media companies under Facebook rule would be violations if they were considered a threat
Zuckerberg threatened to pull investment from the UK Minutes of a 2018 meeting show Facebook chief complaining UK was anti-tech and saying he might look elsewhere in Europe to invest