Murdoch's News Corp calls for Google breakup

[Mackin USA]

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has called for Google to be broken up in Australia, the latest salvo in a battle between the corporate media giants.

In a petition to Australian regulators, News Corp's local subsidiary complained that "Google enjoys overwhelming market power in both online search and ad tech services."

Going a step further, the company accused Google of "abusing its dominant position to the detriment of consumers, advertisers and publishers."


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-murdoch-news-corp-google-breakup.html#jCp

[rcjordan]

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Facebook seriously fucks up by pulling Warren's ads.

Facebook proves Elizabeth Warren's point by deleting her ads about breaking up Facebook - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260857/facebook-senator-elizabeth-warren-campaign-ads-removal-tech-break-up-regulation

[buckworks]

Contrarian view: Warren has proved that she / her team think they can help themselves to other people's intellectual property (Facebook logo etc.)

If you want to advertise on [your platform of choice], make sure you understand their policies and respect them. Don't disregard the policies then cry foul when they're enforced.

[Drastic]

Yeah, they pretty much fuck up everyone's ads, at least at some point. No one is immune.