OPEN APP Home >Technology >News >Giants’ antitrust battle will shape the future of tech Technology giants made a killing during covid-19 in terms of revenue, but they found the going hard in other respects 3 min read . Updated: 28 Dec 2020, 10:34 PM IST Prasid Banerjee Technology giants made a killing during covid-19 in terms of revenue, but they found the going hard in other respects. The US government filed multiple antitrust cases against Google and Facebook in the last few months of 2020, which could shape the future of tech worldwide. Technology giants made a killing during covid-19 in terms of revenue, but they found the going hard in other respects. The US government filed multiple antitrust cases against Google and Facebook in the last few months of 2020, which could shape the future of tech worldwide. What has Facebook been accused of? The US government’s case against Facebook is over its acquisition of photo-sharing and messaging giants Instagram and WhatsApp. The suit accuses Facebook of anti-competitive behaviour and stifling competition to “maintain its monopoly”. In fact, Ian Conner, the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition said the regulator aims to “roll back Facebook’s anticompetitive…
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Giants' antitrust battle will shape the future of tech
