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Antitrust Division is reviewing whether and how market-leading online platforms have achieved market power and are engaging in practices that have reduced competition, stifled innovation, or otherwise harmed consumers
Craig Newmark is a self-proclaimed nerd and reformed jerk. Now he's putting money behind his politics.
San Francisco asks US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to undo the commission’s decision
US newspaper circulation reached its lowest level since 1940, the first year with available data.
The FTC plans to allege that Facebook misled users’ about its handling of their phone numbers as part of a wide-ranging complaint that accompanies a settlement ending the government’s privacy probe.
FCC Announces Counties Where Conditional Forbearance from the Lifeline Voice Obligation Applies
First-time internet consumers are connecting to the web on a new breed of device costing about $25.
An early draft of the document calls on governments, companies and citizens to make the web accessible to all. And it requires your feedback.
Imagine if rural communities in high-cost areas were given a say in how broadband funds would be spent.
Searches for ‘music,’ ‘audiobooks’ and other categories rank company apps first, a process some developers find unfair; Apple says algorithm doesn’t give own products an advantage.
A CenturyLink fiber expansion plan will see the carrier add 4.7 million miles of fiber across the US and Europe, creating what the company calls the “largest ultra-low-loss fiber network in North America.”
Attorney General William Barr delivered a blistering critique of encrypted messaging programs, saying they are preventing law enforcement from stopping killings, drug dealing and terrorism, and warned that time may be running out for the tech industry to make changes on its own.
Each company spent a little more than $4 million on lobbying in the second quarter, the first time either firm has spent that much on their influence operations in the capital.
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