Kelkoo Group was a hugely successful comparison-shopping service that was taken to a cliff edge by Google’s self-preferencing behaviour. We have been lobbying for fundamental change and fairness in global digital markets since 2011 and are one of the lead complainants in the Google Shopping case in Europe. We are in regular dialogue with global regulators who are keen to restore fair and contestable digital markets.
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🚨 The Turkish Competition Authority fines Google for non-compliance with local search service regulations. Google faces daily fines of 0.05% of its 2023 revenue until it meets obligations regarding hotel inquiries and fair competition.
Turkish competition board fines Google over failure to comply with regulation
The Turkish competition authority said on Thursday that it decided to fine Google over its failure to fulfil oblig...
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📊New research by Wentian Zhang shows that reduced #antitrusten forcement strongly decreases venture capital investment in startups. Strong antitrust enforcement is essential to protect startups from large firms' anti-competitive practices. @ProMarket_org
Lower Antitrust Enforcement Reduces Venture Capital Investment and Startup Innovation - ProMarket
In new research, Wentian Zhang finds that a reduction in antitrust enforcement causes venture capitalists to significa...
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📢 @bookingcom has been designated a gatekeeper under the EU's #DMA. The platform now faces strict regulations to ensure market fairness, with penalties for non-compliance that could reach up to 10% of annual revenue.
Commission designates Booking as a gatekeeper and opens a market investigation into X
The European Commission has today designated under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Booking as a gatekeeper for its ...
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Cani Fernández of Spain's @CNMC_ES announces strict oversight to ensure #BigTechcompliance to the DMA. "These companies achieved a dominant position in digital markets", she said at the IEF Annual Members' Meeting.
La CNMC extremará la vigilancia sobre los abusos de los gigantes tecnológicos
Cani Fernández alerta que el regulador velará para que Google, Meta, Microsoft o Apple cumplan las nuevas leyes ...
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🌍 Following the EU's lead with the #DMA, Turkey is drafting new digital competition laws aimed at tech giants. The proposed rules closely mirror the DMA, but with even stricter provisions against practices like #selfpreferencing. More on @CSIS 👇
Turkey Considering New Digital Competition Legislation | CSIS
The CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business investigates the implications of Turkey’s pending draft legislation on digital competition.
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🚨 Court documents reveal Google paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to secure its default search engine status on Safari, highlighting DOJ #antitrust concerns. For @KelkooPolicy this underscores once again the urgency to enforce fair competition laws.
Google’s payments to Apple reached $20 billion in 2022, antitrust court documents show
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine in ...
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Kelkoo’s DMA compliant solution for comparison-shopping
With self-preferencing behaviour banned under the Digital Markets Act, we have created a set of principles to help apply the text effectively. Our guide breaks down our proposed solution for a workable and DMA compliant remedy in Shopping....
The Digital Markets Act; A lasting legacy or missed opportunity?
For all of the promises of the DMA, it is far from being a done deal. The European Commission is firing on all cylinders but it will need resolve and stamina to stay the course. And a lot of water will pass under the bridge until we see effective enforcement. Read...
Big Tech’s catalogue of abuse
Must watch: Making the internet better for everyone; unleashing competition, freedom, and innovation for consumers and small businesses.We call on the US Senate to bring a floor vote on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act...
Dark Patterns – When Nudge Becomes Sludge
One person’s Dark Pattern may be another person’s sales funnel simplification but increasingly consumers’ ability to make a free choice online is being eroded by large platforms. Listen to experts debate Dark Patterns in our recent...
Protecting and Empowering Consumers Online – Webinar
Watch the highlights from our recent transatlantic Power to the User webinar. What are the biggest challenges to consumer choice and protection in digital markets? What more needs to be done?
How New Platform Legislation Aims to Protect and Empower Consumers Online
Global perspectives from our recent ‘Power to the User’ webinar on new legislation and antitrust enforcement in digital markets with US, EU and UK policymakers. What needs to happen to restore consumer choice and power online?
Power to the User – Webinar
Our recent transatlantic webinar is a must-watch! Congressman David Cicilline, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust tells it how it is – why change in the US is inevitable and that Congress is going to do its job.
Google Shopping Case Timeline
The history of the Google Shopping case dates back to over a decade. Despite investigations and fines, Google’s self-preferencing behaviour continues in the absence of an effective remedy. Scroll down to our Latest Documents Section to view the timeline.
Antitrust Summer is on!
There is a once in a generation opportunity to rein in the Big Tech monopolies that have wrecked small businesses and harmed consumers. Congress is planning to vote on a major antitrust package by the end of the month. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act...
Crying Wolf and Crocodile Tears: Big Tech Will Try Anything to Avoid Antitrust Norms
Alarm bells are ringing for Big Tech on Capitol Hill. Antitrust legislation that bans self-preferencing – a tactic Big Tech uses to bury competition by using its platform dominance to favor its own products – is firmly back on the agenda. The updated version of the...
Latest Documents
Congressional Letter – Klobuchar Grassley May 2022
Media Statement – Revised American Innovation and Choice Online Act May 2022
Congressional Letter – Klobuchar Grassley January 2022
Congressional Letter – Klobuchar Grassley November 2021
Congressional Letter – Congressman David Cicilline January 2022
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