{"id":18649,"date":"2025-04-29T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/can-us-monopoly-laws-rein-in-silicon-valley\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:37:34","slug":"can-us-monopoly-laws-rein-in-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/can-us-monopoly-laws-rein-in-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk\u2019s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings<\/p>\n<p>The European Union fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/apple\">Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/meta\">Meta<\/a> hundreds of millions of dollars last week.<\/p>\n<p>My colleague Jennifer Rankin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/apr\/23\/eu-fines-apple-and-meta-for-breaching-fair-competition-rules\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/27\/skype-shutting-down\">Goodbye, Skype. I\u2019ll never forget you<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/ng-interactive\/2025\/apr\/26\/space-exploration-life-on-earth\">How space exploration can improve life on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/24\/ofcom-rules-protect-keep-children-safe-online\">Ofcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/24\/what-are-the-ofcom-measures-to-protect-children-online-and-will-they-work\">What are the Ofcom measures to protect children online \u2013 and will they work?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/24\/ofcom-is-prioritising-interests-of-tech-firms-instead-of-child-safety\">Ofcom accused of prioritising interests of tech firms over child safety online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/22\/tesla-sales-musk-white-house-exit\">Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/24\/elon-musk-xai-memphis\">Elon Musk\u2019s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/23\/ai-images-of-child-sexual-abuse-getting-significantly-more-realistic-says-watchdog\">AI images of child sexual abuse getting \u2018significantly more realistic\u2019, says watchdog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/27\/meta-faces-ghana-lawsuits-over-impact-of-extreme-content-on-moderators\">Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/24\/donald-trumps-meme-coin-value-surges-after-gala-dinner-invites\">Trump\u2019s meme coin soars after he asks top 220 holders to dinner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/25\/apple-source-us-iphones-india-china-trump-trade-war\">Apple \u2018aims to source all US iPhones from India\u2019, reducing reliance on China<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/apr\/26\/doordash-buy-deliveroo\">US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/23\/what-to-do-phone-lost-stolen-change-passwords\">What to do if your phone is lost or stolen: practical steps to restore peace of mind<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/29\/big-tech-us-eu-apple-meta\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8bf392322081713fa766b74728fe74e2ec251184\/0_136_7576_4546\/master\/7576.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=36743a522a353e69e1eb8746483823dc\" title=\"Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?\" \/>The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk\u2019s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings<br \/>\nThe European Union fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of dollars last week.<br \/>\nMy colleague Jennifer Rankin reports:<br \/>\nGoodbye, Skype. I\u2019ll never forget you<br \/>\nHow space exploration can improve life on Earth<br \/>\nOfcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe online<br \/>\nWhat are the Ofcom measures to protect children online \u2013 and will they work?<br \/>\nOfcom accused of prioritising interests of tech firms over child safety online<br \/>\nElon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits<br \/>\nElon Musk\u2019s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer<br \/>\nAI images of child sexual abuse getting \u2018significantly more realistic\u2019, says watchdog<br \/>\nMeta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators<br \/>\nTrump\u2019s meme coin soars after he asks top 220 holders to dinner<br \/>\nApple \u2018aims to source all US iPhones from India\u2019, reducing reliance on China<br \/>\nUS food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn<br \/>\nWhat to do if your phone is lost or stolen: practical steps to restore peace of mind Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk\u2019s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings The European Union fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of dollars last week. My colleague Jennifer Rankin reports: Goodbye, Skype. I\u2019ll never forget you How &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/can-us-monopoly-laws-rein-in-silicon-valley\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18649"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}