This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Antitrust:
Competition Commission of India to investigate Apple Inc. for in-app purchase system
In a suit filed by a non-profit group, the competition regulator CCI will investigate tech giant Apple for allegations of abuse of its dominant position for imposing its proprietary in-app purchase system on developers, which involved a 30% commission levied for distribution of paid digital content and other restrictions. The information, which is a submission alleging anticompetitive behaviour,…
This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy and Antitrust:
Messenger voice and video calls to now be protected by encryption, announces Facebook
In a move reminiscent of blacked out screens and garbled voices, social media platform Facebook on Friday announced that it would now be encrypting voice and video calls made from their social texting app Messenger, adding on to their policy of encryption of text chats. This is seen as a welcome move, given that Messenger…
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