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The United States is suing Google for its dominance of the online advertising market, announces Attorney General Merrick Garland from the US Justice Department in Washington, DC. "We allege that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies," he tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kicks in from March 7th. "As of midnight, the gatekeepers are required to prove that they are complying with the DMA (Digital Markets Act)", says Johannes Bahrke, EU spokesperson. Brussels is determined to create a more competitive online field that allows smaller players to flourish by ushering in a list of do's and don'ts for six so-called "gatekeepers" designated by the EU: Apple, Amazon, Google owner Alphabet, TikTok parent ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. SOUNDBITE
The parents of disgraced crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried; along with the prosecution's first witness, Marc-Antoine Julliard; and prosecution lawyer Nicolas Roos are seen outside the courthouse during the second day of the trail against the former CEO of one of cryptocurrency's biggest exchanges. A jury will determine if Sam Bankman-Fried committed massive fraud by stealing billions of dollars from clients. IMAGES