Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai will hold a video-conference call with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Jan. 25, according to Reuters report.
Vestager, who is pushing for tough new rules to rein in U.S. tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, will reportedly discuss digital and competition issues with Pichai, a Commission spokeswoman noted.
On other hand, Vestager’s proposed tech rules, announced last month, have set off a flurry of lobbying by the tech industry seeking to water down the proposals.
Moreover, Pichai previously held video-conference calls with EU industry chief Thierry Breton, who is championing the bloc’s strategic autonomy and independence from U.S. tech giants in various areas.
Later, Google, Facebook agreed to team up against Possible Antitrust Action, Wall Street Journal reported on past December. The Journal cited an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google. The states accused Google of working with Facebook in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business.
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Moreover, the draft version cites an email in which Ms Sandberg told Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other executives that this is a big deal strategically. In addition, the unredacted draft version of the lawsuit, which the Journal said it reviewed, also reported that Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg signed the deal with Google.
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