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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms

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Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), noted in a 3,000-word speech delivered digitally from London to a virtual Fordham University event that a year-long examination already established that Google and Facebook have enormous advertising-market power in England.

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Today In Payments Around The World: China Tests Digital Yuan With Lottery Giveaway; UK Mulls Creation Of New Regulatory Unit

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Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive Andrea Coscelli noted in a speech delivered virtually at a digital university event that a year-long examination found Facebook and Google to have huge advertising market power in England. EU Puts Up to 20 Firms on Regulatory Hit List .

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UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears

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s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun an investigation to look at whether Google’s proposals would hurt publishers and give the Big Tech behemoth an even bigger piece of the online advertising pie, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan. regulator’s CEO, told Reuters. “As regulator’s CEO, told Reuters.

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