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US Court pours cold water on the FTC’s attempt to break up Facebook

The ruling goes to show how important defining the scope of digital markets will be in any attempt to draw up new rules

EC investigates Google for abuse of dominance in online advertising

Regulators are increasingly probing the crossover between privacy and competition

Germany takes on Apple over claims of anti-competitive behavior related to the App Store

App stores are increasingly being seen as a bottleneck

US Congress set to pass sweeping antitrust legislation

The US appears determined to go even further than Europe in curbing the power of Big Tech

European Commission outlines consumer IoT competition concerns

Amazon, Apple, and Google will be bracing themselves for possible antitrust action from the EC

EU and UK launch parallel antitrust action against Facebook

Competition authorities have been exploring ways to cooperate internationally, with the UK leading the way in championing this approach

German competition authority makes use of new powers to regulate Big Tech

Observers will be looking to see whether ex-ante regulation can really address the perceived competition concerns

Elsewhere in regulation this week

Other noteworthy regulatory developments week ending 28 May 2021 from the Assembly Analyst team

Virgin Media/O2 merger gets the green light in the UK

The merger is expected to usher in a new era for fixed-mobile convergence in the UK

UK regulators outline how they will collaborate on competition and privacy

The current investigation into Google will show how they can work together in practice