YouTube settles Calif. social media addiction allegations ahead of second trial
June 24, 2026
| Xu Yuan and Maria Dinzeo
Google has settled allegations that YouTube contributed to the mental health decline of a teenage boy ahead of a trial scheduled to start next month in a state court in Los Angeles, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
US judge in Google search antitrust case wary of technical committee ‘battle royale’
June 23, 2026
| Chris May
Google deserves access to additional information about a technical committee charged with overseeing court-ordered remedies for the company’s monopolistic abuses in online search markets, a US federal judge sa... (more story)
US FTC open to settling Amazon suit on pro-consumer terms, Ferguson says
June 23, 2026
| Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts
The US Federal Trade Commission hasn't slowed down work on its monopoly lawsuit against Amazon, but the agency is open to settling the case as long as the e-commerce giant agrees to terms the agency believes w... (more story)
EU weighs next steps for Apple, Booking, Google, Microsoft over financial scams
June 23, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Apple, Google and Microsoft — as well as the accommodation platform Booking — could face further scrutiny from the European Commission over how they tackle online financial scams under the Digital Services Act... (more story)
EU plan for unlimited spectrum licenses questioned by key lawmaker
June 23, 2026
| Matthew Newman
A proposal in the EU’s revamp of telecom rules to move toward unlimited-duration spectrum licenses may lead to the entrenchment of incumbent operators and harm smaller companies, a leading European lawmaker sa... (more story)
Claritev says US DOJ antitrust probe has been closed
June 22, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Claritev, a healthcare technology company, said Monday it is not under any criminal antitrust investigation into health insurance by the US Department of Justice as the agency is closing a grand jury proceeding.
Marathon, BP, other gas stations accused of AI-powered scheme to hike gas prices in US
June 22, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart, Albertsons and other gas stations are accused of conspiring to use an AI-powered tool to artificially inflate prices of gasoline across California and reap supracompetiti... (more story)
UK’s former privacy chief used vulgar language, tech minister says
June 22, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office said former privacy chief John Edwards’ conduct was “completely at odds with our values,” after technology minister Liz Kendall described evidence of his use of “vulg... (more story)