Facebook is facing what may be its greatest legal battle yet, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state separately filing antitrust lawsuits against the company. The competition watchdog has accused Facebook of engaging in a “bury or buy” strategy to eliminate competition, including by purchasing growing rivals Instagram (acquired in 2012 … Read more
The European Commission has filed charges against Amazon, accusing the tech giant of illegal anti-competitive behaviour regarding its use of third-party sales data, and opened a second investigation into other potential antitrust violations. The Commission accused Amazon of systematically using non-public sales data regarding third-party sellers on its platform in order to inform its own … Read more
The US Justice Department has initiated legal proceedings against Google, alleging that the company has abused its market dominance in online search and advertising. The case has been filed in federal court in Washington DC. It alleges that the trillion-dollar search giant uses billions of dollars raised from advertisers to pay Apple, Samsung, and other … Read more
Microsoft has executed a plan to take down a vast ransomware distributor after successfully arguing in court that its copyright has been violated. The action is focused on a botnet called Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware distributors. Trickbot began life in 2016 as a banking trojan. Since then, its operators (mainly Russian-speaking … Read more
However careful manufacturers and drivers are, autonomous vehicles will inevitably be involved in accidents. A rigorous approach to the design of their system architectures can help establish clarity around questions of legal liability. We all know that connected and autonomous cars are coming. The level of autonomy is increasing, even if we don’t know when … Read more