Industry claims worth billions of pounds step up the mounting pressure on big tech
Go-ahead given for a £13bn claim over Google’s advertising tech and the launch of a new £1.1bn claim against Amazon by UK retailers.
Google Search
Google is accused of anti-competitive behaviour by shutting out search engine competition in £7 billion lawsuit affecting 65 million UK consumers.
Epic joins multi-million-pound compensation trial against Google Play Store
The competition court this week agreed to hear the evidence together from two major trials against Google’s app store over anti-competitive claims.
Google Play Store
Google faces a £920m consumer claim for excessive Play Store charges. Sign up for updates if you bought apps on your android since 1 October 2015.
£1.3 billion BT compensation trial ends and billions more could be owed to UK consumers
BT compensation trial ends but it is just one of 12 major consumer lawsuits that could leave UK consumers owed £22.5 billion in compensation payouts.
Apple making big App Store changes as EU Digital Markets Act kicks in
European Commission’s sweeping new powers to rein in big tech will give European consumers more choice. Find out where this leaves UK consumers.
First international guideline on AI safety published by UK standards body
New guidelines aim to help companies from big tech firms like Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft to small businesses use AI in a safe and responsible way.
Google to pay £553m in Play Store settlement
Tech giant agrees to pay settlement and offer greater competition in its Play Store for US consumers.
Google loses US monopoly lawsuit against Fortnite maker over its app store fees
Epic Games has won a court case against Google for stifling competition and abusing its dominance to charge unfair fees.
Google on trial: the biggest challenge to tech power in decades comes to a close
As the US trial against Google for illegally abusing its dominance in online search to throttle competition draws to a close, we reflect on the problem of big tech dominance in the UK and why competition claims are so important for UK consumers.