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Michael Acton
Senior Correspondent
Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.
Selected Insights by Michael
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Taboola today disclosed that the company and others in its industry are under criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice antitrust division for their hiring activities. -
Google's promise of a 10 percent “win rate” for Facebook in display advertising auctions is at the heart of the antitrust argument by several US states. -
Google has acknowledged its advertising agreement with Facebook allowed the companies to terminate the deal “in the event of certain government investigations" -
Facebook says its goal is to “bring the world closer together.” It appears to be succeeding. -
Rarely has an antitrust suit generated as much public hype as Epic’s move to take on Apple.