PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2020

While the transactions were approved by regulators, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have raised antitrust concerns and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up the company and its subsidiaries. The FTC didn’t immediately respond to a WSJ request for comment. Facebook declined to discuss the information.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Last year, Rohit Chopra , a Federal Trade Commission official, said fining tech companies will not make a difference. The probe, which was launched last year, is intended to uncover whether the tech giant is engaged in illegal antitrust practices.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

On Wednesday, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger in Boston denied a motion by Equifax to dismiss the lawsuit, writing that it had a plausible claim that the company breached its legal duties to prevent any reasonably foreseeable risks to its data security, as well as to take care of any reasonably up-to-date fixes to its software.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Facebook is facing breakup calls from a handful of advocacy groups that want the Federal Trade Commission to explore breaking up the social media giant. The paper noted that the FTC, which has been shut down along with other parts of the government, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

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