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With the DOJ’s ongoing trial to stop the $2.18 billion merger between Penguin Random House and ViacomCBS’ Simon & Schuster, the agency may be redefining what is ground for antitrust litigation
The U.S. is now pushing for an investigation.
Four Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the FTC asking for it to investigate the tech giants for “enabling the collection and sale of mobile-phone users’ personal information.”
Congress is getting closer to formally introducing federal data-privacy legislation, with a bipartisan bill moving through committee.
The IRS is cracking down on payments from platforms such as Venmo, eBay, and Etsy by lowering the threshold for tax reporting to a measly $600.
A new bill heading to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk would halt issuing new permits to Bitcoin mining facilities within the state.
A group of Senators are taking on Google and Meta with a bill that would break up their advertising businesses.
China is potentially reversing course on a year of endless tech regulations.
The E.U. is cracking down hard on Big Tech platforms, passing the Digital Services Act to regulate nearly every controversial aspect of how tech influences individual users and society at large.
China is kneecapping another one of its wildly successful tech markets, taking aim at live-streaming with regulations.