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DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook No Slam Dunk

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Facebook bought Instagram, the photo- and video-sharing social networking service, in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp, the cross-platform messaging service, in 2014 for $19 billion. He said it was a natural extension of its global social media business and not an attempt to remove a potential competitor from the marketplace. “It

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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FTC Could Hear Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg

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Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. antitrust laws, sources told The Wall Street Journal. billion global users. states and the DOJ.

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Facebook Could Lose Accreditation Of Media Rating Council

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advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .

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DOJ, State AGs To Meet On Antitrust Suit Against Google

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23) on the landmark complaint against the Menlo Park, California-based tech giant. and other tech companies have been facing backlash from lawmakers and regulators around the globe. The newspaper reported the DOJ lawyers plan to brief the nation’s state attorneys general Wednesday (Sept. A DOJ spokeswoman declined to comment.

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PSD2 Is Coming — Are Merchants Ready?

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Thankfully, regulators are taking notice, and are passing protection laws like the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) — enforced in April 2016 and implemented earlier this year — and parts of the Second Payment Services Directive ( PSD2 ), set to take effect in September. Around The PSD2 World. Are Merchants Ready For PSD2?

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California financial regulators blamed SVB run on social media, understaffing and uninsured deposits

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