commission is the threatening tech giants with fines of up to 10 percent of worldwide turnover that is if they don't bring order to chaos on digital platforms mark zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of dr and platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on his competition commission vestavia on the new digital services and markets act now we have such an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that put order into chaos all businesses operating in europe that can be big ones that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly competes online just the same do offline because this is one where it. brussel sees the power of the tech giants as a threat to competition and democracy is more of the proposed rules for doing business in the blocks $27.00 countries from. the european commission used in advance callender should announce its updated did to chill groups a long awaited chocolate treat for many people some say this new legislation could change the internet as we know it and limits at least in some parts the enormous p

business the european union rolls out its look print for digital services what will that mean for tech giants monica jones has that coming up. in the far north. it's lonely. and breathtakingly beautiful. arctic to. take a journey around the north pole profiteers and talk with people experiencing a changing environment will be ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating our future depends on what happens here. in northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st d.w. . phenomenon or threats to the global economy china continues its astonishing recovery from the coronavirus and dam expand outpacing other major economies we talk to our china expert clifford coolant also coming up the e.u. says it's time to limit the power of taking giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital sphere. and with coronavirus cases in germany spiraling out of control and a tougher lockdown looming christmas shoppers are clogging the high streets for last minute gifts. come to do business and want to get johnson good to have you with us and we're starting with news from ch

and the world's tech giants those particularly those ones that are headquartered in the united states for a long time now and it comes to paying tax or as far as the european union sees it not them not paying as much tax in the e.u. as brussels thinks they should be now it's 2004 that the majority of the current legislation was written if you think back to then a lot of the giant companies now they either didn't exist or certainly didn't exist on the scale that they do right now what this new bill will look to do is target what it called gate keepers those giant household names in particular they're going to be under a lot of scrutiny from brussels about how much competition there is and how much they dominate the playing field there's also going to be a lot of oversight from brussels when it comes to acquisitions and mergers so if one of these big companies wants to buy up a small entity they have to run not take over past brussels if it does if they don't or if it doesn't fit the the new standards that are being set then the entity may well not be able to operate in the european uni

now the world's big tech giants are finding out just how much stricter doing business in europe could become in the near future the e.u. is unveiling was described as its biggest ever overhaul of digital market rules but seem by many as directly trying to rein in the power of therms like google facebook amazon apple and microsoft are to use that piece all of a has more on the new regulations. the very simple reason that the european union have done this is their belief that the major tech and online players in the world how far too much power in the market in the european union that's why margaret rest of the european commission vice president put forward the new digital market bill that she says hopes will regulate the likes of google facebook pull on listen and microsoft how they do business in the e.u. in the same way that commodities markets are already regulated what we are going to present to you to milestones in our journey to make europe thanks for the digital age that is the services act and the dicks in all markets act. the 2 proposals they serve one purpose to make sure tha

so we would hardly be allowed to play under our flag on the ground whole day for google as the tech giant faces a 2nd and monopoly lawsuit in this many days over claims it exploited online advertising. hello good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you with r.t. international at the head of wiki leaks has confirmed the authenticity of a recording that could be a game changer for judy in a sergeant in r.t. exclusive the audiotape seems to prove the a strain whistleblower in fact try to warn the u.s. state department about a mass breach back in 2011 were. turned out to be one of the biggest leaks in american history washington later claimed that a songe wanted to endanger the lives of kristen of laughs and says the tape could put the brakes on a songes expedition and charges amounting to 175 years in jail this evidence that you heard and i can control him that this is authentic is not new to the courts in the u.k. a transcript of for this conversation was presented to the court in september well this should have a tremendous weight because it's basically the argument that is in the narr

you know the world's big tech giants are finding out just how much structure doing business in europe could become in the near future the unveiling of what is described as its biggest ever overhaul of digital market rules but seen by many as directly trying to. re in to the power of firms like google and facebook amazon apple and microsoft. has more on the new regulations. the very simple reason that the european union have done this is their belief that the major tech and online players in the world how far too much power in the market in the european union the gatekeepers as they're called the big players are going to be under a lot of scrutiny to make sure that they it here to the rules did when markets act applies this specifically to what we call gatekeepers and gatekeepers they are defined by special rules that they fulfilled in the marketplace if a gatekeeper breaks the rules we can impose fines if it's done 7 times repeated lee we can also impose structural remedies divestiture that sort of things there's going to be a lot of scrutiny paid to acquisitions and mergers they are

now tech giants are facing away from lawsuits at the moment with google the latest in the firing linehis been slapped with a 2nd anti monopoly case in the space of 2 days this time from state attorney general. i'm filing a lawsuit against google with 37 a torn new generals to end its legal monopoly in serious services it doesn't take a web search to understand that until it's corporate power shouldn't have disproportionate control over our data and information with the lawsuit alleges that google showing favoritism in results downgrading competing websites the company's also accused of not giving users any choice but to use its products own devices google insists actions or its actions benefit consumers but cases against the company are still mounting one quarter more google staring down the battle of a lawsuit filed on wednesday by a federal court in texas that's backed by 10 states who are crying foul on the tech giants apparent anti-competitive practices google is a trillion dollar monopoly going so far as to induce senior facebook executives to agree to a contractual scheme that u

on our top story the world's big tech giants are finding out just how much stricter doing business in europe could become in the near future the e.u. is unveiling was described as its biggest ever overhaul of digital market rules but seen by many as directly trying to rein in the power therms like google facebook amazon apple and microsoft artie's pizza all of a has more on the new regulations. the reason that this is all being done is that the rules that currently exist were written back in 2004 long before companies like facebook almas and google before they became the be able to that they are right now and it is the likes of google facebook imus and microsoft that are firmly in the sights of the digital market bill that was a veiled by marketing vestigal the e.u. commission vice president what we are going to present to you to milestones in our journey to make europe think for digital age that is the services act and the duke's all markets act and the 2 proposals they serve one purpose to make sure that we as uses as customers this is have access to and wide choice of safe product

the host of artes a boom bust a benz one explained why europe's handling of the tech giants could be more effective in comparison with washington's. remember this isn't just oh we're violating some kind of rule these are laws that have been passed across the e.u. and these different countries like france and germany continually say facebook is violating the law these companies build this into their actual bottom line in terms of a line item in their budgets to say we're going to pay fines because we're going to break the rules what makes this different is that there is a very clear set of punishments up to anywhere from 6 percent to 10 percent of your gross revenue will be fined every single year that you violate those laws that's pretty significant in the united states we're going after a very specific companies and very specific grounds in this case it's creating a law that says anyone who's a digital gatekeeper and by the way who is a market leader that controls a sizeable portion of the market those companies fall under this law and these rules and therefore it's much more broadl

speed in the 20 years ago you cannot force tech giants are to follow the roots of this mall find and busy speaking we have seen in the last couple of years so very small finds in almost any keys is these fines that are not in off and off to scare tech giants. inadmissible abuse that is how human rights and media groups have branded police behavior and recent protests against a new security bill in the french capital 2 journalists were among the more than $140.00 people arrested including through controversial law enforcement tactics dubbed a smash and grab. reports. so today's a protest against the draw floors on security and in trying republicans value so police deploy new crowd control tactics. essentially assume mash and grab security forces smashing into the protests and grabbing out individuals who they think may be troublemakers nearly 150 people were detained provoking anger from some that describe these detentions as being. this saturday december 12th a number of observers saw inadmissible abuse linked to the deployment of brutal police and military offices and the infringeme

and groundhog day for google is the tech giant faces a 2nd anti naacp legal suit in this many days over claims of exploited advertising online. so they're welcome you watching r.t. international now the head of wiki leaks has confirmed the authenticity of the recording that could be a game changer for julian assange chinon r.t. exclusive the audio seems to prove to be a straining whistle blower in fact try to warn the u.s. state department about a mass breach back in 2011 which turned out to be one of the biggest leaks in american history. washington later claimed a songe wanted to endanger lives or kristinn hrafnsson says the tape could put the brakes on a songes extradition and charges a man to 175 years in jail. this evidence that you heard and i can control him that this is authentic is not new to the courts in the u.k. a transcript of for this conversation was presented to the court in september well this should have a tremendous weight because it supposedly throws out the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department in their indictment and try to use their to get a

launches a huge crack down on global tech giants like facebook big growing fears of online domination in the wake is similar moves by washington bring a lot of comment on. the horrors of through the eyes of one russian medic who's going numerous followers for posting sketches. hot spots really moving stuff the new documentary premieres here on this channel throughout the day . we just finished a 3 hour operation it was our 3rd today. this was my last picture my last. but one working day. good afternoon just past midday here in moscow the 16th of december low for marty international's world news h.q. it's kevin owen here for the next half an hour the latest update the company. denmark's defended a new law to effectively classify muslim migrants separately in crime stats critics say the move clearly racist though the immigration minister for the country whose father is ethiopian by the way explained why it's needed this new designation will provide a more honest political discussion about the minority of immigrants who create very great challenges there is a huge difference in how immig

tech giants are threatened with huge fines, as the eu, uk and the us make the likes of facebook and google more responsible for their content. london is to move to tier 3 restrictions from wednesday, with business groups warning the move puts over 160,000 hospitalityjobs at risk. and fully charged for a greener future: the world's biggest car makers get together for this year's electric vehicles summit, hoping to reach an agreement to move the industry into the fast lane. let's start with some big developments happening in brussels today, with tech firms bracing themselves for another round of european regulations as the eu unveils its digital services and digital markets acts. the european union says the new legislation will "overhaul" the digital market, including how tech giants operate. it will focus on competition and making platforms responsible for hosted content. it's notjust the eu that's clamping down, here in the uk the government is bringing forward a new bill which could see tech giants fined up to 10% of their global turnover, if they fail to protect users or remove harmful c

bed was all in place to business watch out facebook and co the european commission is threatening tech giants with fines of up to 10 percent of worldwide turnover that is if they don't bring order to chaos on digital platforms mark zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of dr and platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on his competition commission market vestavia on the u. digital services and markets act now we have such an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that would order into chaos all businesses operating in europe that can be big ones that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly competes online just the same do offline because this is one worked. brussel sees the power of the tech giants as a threat to competition and democracy is more of the proposed rules for doing business in the blocks $27.00 countries from. the european commission in advance callender announced its updated digital who's a long awaited chocolate treat for many people some say this new legislation could change the internet as we know i

much data do you have in their cloud, with amazon or google, or microsoft, or one of the other tech giants in the sky? the cloud has become the high tech battleground of the internet age and is totally dominated by those big, mainly american players. but here in berlin angela merkel's government says, it doesn't have to be that way. it's time for something different. it's painting a vivid picture promos show us life i world with little specks of data cascading through cyberspace. kundra it up in the name of a mythical goddess of life itself. gaia it all looks great and dire. x. sounds like something from star trek. but what actually is it? for germany's economy minister, it's a totally new approach to cloud services. perhaps the most important good should spray shin of europe in a generation yours are participating in. it will be able to use any services from any provider in the system. that word ecosystem is key here, insists it's not trying to create a tech giant of its own. rather guy x. aims to be a set of standards. the new services can build on, and users can trust. they want to make

you has unveiled strict new digital market rolls to challenge the dominance of global tech giants the proposed legislation would apply only to the biggest companies with tens of millions of users like google and amazon and officials behind the draft both say they had no choice now we have such an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that put order into chaos everybody is welcome in europe. our responsibility is to decide and to give you directions. just to protect which is important to wish. then the roles to could strip big track of up to 10 percent of turnover if they break the competition principles european officials also want to be told of plans big mergers or acquisitions in the sector repeat violators may be bound from the e.u. markets google has already criticized the proposal as selective punishment but europe isn't alone in its opposition to these big companies just last week 48 u.s. states together with the federal trade commission filed a lawsuit against facebook and accuse the company of pumping money into unfair competition we asked experts whether t

one of the tech giants in the cloud has become the high tech battleground of the internet age. and he's totally dominated by those big, mainly american players. but here in berlin, government says it doesn't have to be that way. it's time for something different. it's painting a vivid picture. hi fi world with little specks of data cascading through cyberspace. conjured up in the name of a mythical goddess of life itself. diana. it all looks great and diane x. sounds like some thing from star trek, but what actually is it for germany's economy minister, it's a totally new approach to cloud services. perhaps the most important spray sion of europe in a generation yours are participating in ga. it's will be able to use any services from any provider in the system. that work ecosystem is key here. it's not trying to create a tech giant of its own. rather guy x. aims to be a set of standards. the new services can build on. and users can trust, they want to make sure that the space for competition is dynamic. and that the rules set are european. hundreds of companies are involved fr

the european union has unveiled a new draft laws aimed at reigning in the market power of tech giants like amazon apple and facebook the proposal includes a serious fines and even has powers to break up noncompliance companies brussels sees their power as a threat to competition and democracy. the european commission used in advance callender. its updated did to 2 groups along the way to a chocolate treat for many people some said this new legislation could change the internet as we know it and limits at least in some parts the enormous power of tech giants that influence so much of our daily lives we search with google online we buy christmas presents on amazon and we share our latest holiday snaps with our friends on facebook or instagram or whatsapp both belong to social media shy and facebook a few tech giants dominate the internet and dictate its rules studies show for example that google's online shopping search engine is still disadvantaged in rivals just by the regulatory crackdown 3 years ago. our let's take a look at you tube by google companies like you tube collect data fr

they are trying to go after your tech giants as well. tom: we have seen this before, and i will never forget -- i cannot remember when i was sitting, when there was a single headline across bloomberg, that the department of justice dropped its case against microsoft. i have no wisdom on this other than to say we have seen this before, and it does go back, in the culture of the country, to standard oil. what i would say is there is a stew of news out there led by the ecb anticipation, and what i'm watching more than anything is the german two-year yield. it signals disinflation, and again ever lower, greater negative yields. francine: the ecb meeting is quite interesting because i think there is no one that i have read who is anti-consensus. everyone is expecting more on pepp, more on tro. let's get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with karina mitchell. the federal trade commission and a coalition of states have taken a major step on the possible rake up a facebook. filed that they formerly filed -- regulars want facebook

says it's time to limit the power of tech giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital. business unlike johnson good to have you with us and relations between china and australia appear to be further deteriorating china's state owned tabloid global times reports that the country's top economic plan a has approved to power up plans to import thermal coal without clearance restrictions from several countries except for australia if this is confirmed by the government the move would further inflame tensions between the 2 countries which appear to be heading towards a trade war. state owned newspaper global times reports that china is now targeting australian coal the country's most lucrative export besides iron ore can browse alarmed us china has already slapped high tariffs on most trail you know wine and barley the asian country has altogether halted imports of australian timber and lobster. ties between the 2 nations are deeply strained but so far the australian government is treating the new report as media speculation. while it waits beijing's response

using a social media giant of abusing its dominance to snuff out competition to break up of the tech giant be in the making. and you'd never guess that air b.n. b. was one of the companies hardest hit by the pandemic is getting ready for the biggest i.p.o. of the year. book welcome to the show i'm stephen beard in berlin europe's 2nd round of lockdowns is set to hit public budgets companies and workers hard e.u. institutions are now taking action on both the monetary and fiscal fronts u. leaders meeting in brussels over the next 2 days to try and pass a 750. 1000000000 euro recovery package as part of a larger budget and in frankfurt the european central bank is expected to announce new measures the head of the e.c.b. christine lagarde has already suggested an expansion of the bank's bond buying program was in the offing. we demonstrated that we were there to support the economy during the 1st wave of core enough iris we will be there for the 2nd wave which is underway and which by the way in europe is now beginning to to to slow down and to reduce in intensity because of the new containme

state in the 20 years ago you cannot force tech giants are to follow the rules that we dismantle finance and 'd the sense speaking we have seen in the last couple years or very small fine is enormous any keys is these fines that are not going off and off to scare tech giants is coming up to a half past 4 in the afternoon here in moscow thanks for watching i think it has been. company well for must and. the pandemic no certainly no borders just blind to nationalities. has emerged with the we don't look like world peace to. judge a. commentary crisis like this sometimes. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing each other own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. the forum is of great importance both for russia and off for new partners it's opens up new opportunities for the business and strengthens international economic ties. by just the sort of the form agenda is rich the topics are important for both government

is a huge crackdown on global tech giants like facebook and growing fears of that online domination in the wake of similar moves by washington again controversial is coming up. the horrors of covert through the eyes of one russian medic who's getting numerous followers posting sketches from a coronavirus. remove the new series coming out throughout the day. we've just finished a 3 hour operation it was our 3rd today this was my last picture my last but one working day. every good afternoon live from marty's world news age q your mosque ok. and if the next 30 minutes with this update great to have you company 1st soon as you heard there are marks to fended a new law to effectively classify muslim migrants separately in crime stats critics say the move clearly racist though the country's immigration minister whose father instead is ethiopian is explained why it's needed this new designation will provide a more honest political discussion about the minority of immigrants who create very great challenges there is a huge difference in how immigrants from thailand the philippines and latin a

done 7 times repeats asli we can also impose structure remedies divestiture that sort of things tech giantsroots go deep into the every day lives of millions of people around the world it would be hard to imagine life without them but with legal battles becoming more commonplace than ever it might be important to remember that the bigger they are the harder they fall. thus have so far lesser upper headlines were across so much more sites in the social media kevin oh and here for now signing off what have you doing around the world wherever you're watching of a great day. is there such a thing as public opinion anymore after all after 2 elections like this sort of broke david has been largely imperfect is there's more than just one public am or do good reasons not to trust the polls. today the industry prefers to spend millions of euros enough. to detail a creationist i will be sniffing is all about making money making profits and some of the corporations international markets import export do you imagine the number of chronic diseases that are out in every community today it is not due to n

launches a huge crackdown on global tech giants like facebook and apple really controversial growing fears of their online domination in the wake of similar moves by washington . moscow time good morning this 16th of december live from art international's world news h.q. kevin owen here for the next hour stay with me to take you through those headlines and in more detail starting with this him from denmark that country defending a new law that to effectively classify muslim migrants separately in crime stats critics say the moves clearly racists but the country's immigration minister who incidentally his own father is ethiopian explained why it's needed. this new designation will provide a more honest political discussion about the minority of immigrants who create very great challenges there is a huge difference in how immigrants from thailand the philippines and latin america fare in relation to people from for example the middle east and i do not think it is racist to categorize countries based on that many on social media raise disturbing memories of colonial practices though cop

several times repeatedly we can also impose structure remedies divestiture that sort of things tech giantsroots go deep into the every day lives of millions of people around the world it would be hard to imagine life without them but with legal battles becoming more commonplace than ever it might be important to remember that the bigger they are the harder they fall out.

7 times repeats actually we can also impose structure remedies divestiture that sort of things tech giantsroots go deep into the every day lives of millions of people around the world it would be hard to imagine life without them but with legal battles becoming more commonplace than ever it might be important to remember that the bigger they are the harder they fall. yeah don't call of the support for this update that's a wrap of the headlines so far so much more for most of our side of our socials if you get a minute if you have a small day's going good so far as exactly 28 past the hour for me kevin i would have a great day. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led to. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallowness. of. hello and welcome to cross talk your all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is there such a thing as public opinion anymore.

tech titans the e.u. overhauls digital market rules the final online giants to abuse their dormant. house with more controversy to outright racism critics marx decision to write muslim immigrants separately in crime figures would put the issue up for debate. if you ignore that problem and people see that those people are many crimes and then we have you know another tendency to more racist that have been the society should stop. and group and look at just like you know the war. to go through. what you want our preferred stock. and furious restaurant workers rally in new york city as most eateries there including world famous venues are projected to go bankrupt amid a city locked again we speak to one restaurant owner. there is nothing we will be shutting down probably by mark critz the realistic. about 3 months. hello there for good morning the 16th of december life marty international's world news h.q. the names with the latest for this morning every day is going good so far so 1st in the e.u. was unveiled tough new digital market rules to challenge the dominance of global tech gia

department of justice and for the american people across the atlantic europe's waging its own war on tech giant rule breakers it's a gatekeeper at breaks of rules we can impose fines if it's done it 7 times repeats asli we can also impose structure remedies divestiture that sort of things tech giants roots go deep into the every day lives of millions of people around the world it would be hard to imagine life without them but with legal battles becoming more commonplace than ever it might be important to remember that the bigger they are the harder they fall out that's it for the more doughty they'll call kevin in sunnydale. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. place a nation full of community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. what is true what is right. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us on the debt. or a mate in the shallows. you. seem . from. the from from from. this is the bus the one business show you can't afford to miss i'm sorry mom to stay in washington coming up to canada completed indep

of the tech giants have a problem with controlling the platform and competing on the platform. argument for structural separation is separating out commerce from the platform itself. facebook, it is hard to understand how it does that, but it does do a preferential practice of giving its --, but there is an the winners and losers of content. part of it is about removing the incentives and ability to favor different types of benefits or your own self over others. with facebook, what we really need is competitive restraint on facebook. you know, if you look at the cambridge analytica scandal that angered so many people, they removed facebook and chose to use instagram, not realizing facebook had bought instagram. it was the number one substitute. we can have better innovations of how to do social networking in a way that is less harmful. hubbard, welly thank you so much for joining us. she speaks of innovation. one company that is doing just that is in the world of streaming, disney. we get an update from disney on disney plus. they say they have 86 point 8 million subscribers, g

along with tech giants including facebook, apple and amazon seen more scrutiny and regulation. the u.s. federal reserve has said it will continue to use all of the tools at its disposal to protect the economy as he recovers from the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. that will include keeping interest rates near zero through 2023 and continuing to buy at least $120 billion versus -- worth of bonds. the gdp is expected to fall just 2% in 2020. it is a slightly brighter picture for next year, it also reflects the expected impact of emerging cover 19 vaccines. jerome powell said the labor market would be slower to recover that initially forecasted. that will require continued support. take a listen. >> participation in the labor market means low pretest -- below pre-pandemic levels. although there has been much progress in the labor markets since spring, we will not lose sight of the millions of americans who remain out of work. even so, the economic downturn is the most severe of our lifetimes and we will get back -- it was to go out to get back to the levels of economic employm

the commission outlined new proposals to curb both the power and content of big tech giants, there isso a crackdown around the globe from australia to india and even on capitol hill where there is growing and indeed bipartisan support for more regulation of the tech industry. >> take us to wall street, how have the stock market faring today? >> markets of close starkly higher, dow jones, s&p 500, and the nasdaq. shares of google were down about 1% at the close. after the closing bell, there was no broad leak through on another round of relief and stimulus funds for american household and businesses although investors have latched onto optimism that lawmakers are reaching a deal. markets once again did shrug off largely dappoinng employment data, 885,000 americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the highest level we have seen since early september. this ties in with what we have heard from economists. on a plane is likely to remain elevated for quite some time, there has been --n the lemon is likely to remain elevated for some time. the u.s. is likely to remain weak until va

ventures all in place do business tech giants will have to change the way they do business in europeor face fines of up to 10 percent of worldwide turnover the e.u. draft rules are designed to rein in the power of the american companies and bring order to chaos facebook's mark zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of done to run platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on let's have a listen in to what the competition commission and market best i had to say a short while ago about the digital services and digital markets act 2 through one. to make sure that me as uses its customers businesses have access to every wide choice of safe products and services online just as well as we do in the physical world and that all businesses operating in europe that can be a big one that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly competes online just to say do offline because this is one world. brussels sees the power of google amazon and facebook as a threat to competition and democracy is more in the rules for doing business in the blocks $2

says the time has come through a crack down on the globe's tech giants the european commission unveilsnew rules for doing business online. and africa faces its 1st perception in 25 years experts say the economic consequences of the cover crisis will twined how much of the progress made on the cost of it will go to our correspondents in nairobi and. i mean for us all and let's do business tech giants will have to change the way they do business in europe all face fines of up to 10 percent of world wide turnover the a used rough rules are designed to rein in the power of the american. companies and bring order to chaos facebook's mark zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of done to run platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on it have a listen in to what the competition commission of market best are going to have to say a short while ago about the digital services and digital markets act 2 complacent one. to make sure that me as uses its customers businesses have access to every wide choice of safe products and services online just as well as

the tech giants help that tech giants helped joe tech giants help that joe is well twitter preventing users from sharing "the new york post" story and if you tried to your couch was suspended. facebook also buried the story. mind you they did none of it. is the media spread its ruined lives and obscure drill stories. i wonder why. >> china. >> china. >> china. >> china. greg: china. no wonder anyone wanted trump out. he called it the biggest threat to our country and it wasn't russia with the gdp the size of jack dorsey's man bunt. he was china but the democrats laugh the trump and seth meyers who would know a joke if it hosted the tonight show laugh the trump and let's not forget that letter that magically showed up prior to the election signed by 50 former intel officials saying the hunter story had all the ear marks of russian disinformation? if i didn't know any better and people it said that about me isn't that letter disinformation? if only there were investigative journalist around. they knew china was a real threat but posed russia as the problem. was problem. was it a decoy?

the federal trade commission filed an antitrust lawsuit asking a court to force the tech giant to sell some of its popular assets including instagram and whatsapp.>> these applications, the lawsuit alleges, give facebook an unfair competitive advantage in the social marketplace. >> new york's attorney general announced a separate lawsuit on behalf of 48 states and districts accusing facebook of unfairly eliminating competition. >> facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals.>> facebook became the second big tech company to base an antitrust lawsuit this year. the justice department sued google in october alleging its dominance in online searches stifles competition and harms consumers. in a statement facebook pointed out that the ftc approved the 2012 purchase of instagram and the 20 14th purchase of whatsapp and accuses the government of wanting a do over with no regard that impact would have. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg told employees that he would push back against a plan to break up big tech companies. >> at the end of the day someone will try to do

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