Report: in the past four years, four major U.S. technology giants have been involved in nearly 100 antitrust investigations

Beijing, August 18 (reporter Ma XiuXiu) “Nandu Digital Economic Governance Forum” the third phase was held in Beijing on the 18th. According to incomplete statistics, from 2017 to August 10, 2020, the report of the four major U.S. technology giants pointed out that the most severe antitrust investigations were encountered by the four major U.S. technology giants from 2017 to August 10, 2020, with a total of 41 investigations around the world, accounting for about half of the total The number of related cases has reached 15, and the current data is the same as that in 2017. According to the report, from the perspective of the regional distribution of the investigation, the anti-monopoly agencies of major countries have launched anti-monopoly investigations on GAFA. On the whole, the anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States are on a par with each other, and the number of investigations launched against technology giants is far ahead of that of other countries. according to the data, the European Commission has launched a total of 19 antitrust investigations against GAFA, which is one of the most stringent competition law enforcement agencies in the world to regulate technology giants. according to the report, from the federal government of the United States to state level consortia, GAFA has also encountered multiple investigations. At present, the number of anti-monopoly cases involving GAFA in the United States exceeds that of the European Commission, totaling 21. According to the report, according to the overall situation of the sample cases, GAFA has been basically involved in anti-monopoly investigations worldwide in the past four years. Among them, Google has been involved in the most “troubles” with a total of 27 cases; Google has received about $9.6 billion in fines in the past four years, and it is also one of the four technology companies that has received the most antitrust fines. The report states that GAFA is the most influential technology company in the world at present. Because the products and services operated by GAFA have a dominant market position in many countries around the world, and the business strategies adopted by different countries are consistent, such as giving priority to recommendation and requiring equipment manufacturers to pre install their own products, etc., it is easy to become the most influential technology company in the world The focus of anti-monopoly law enforcement in various countries. the above report is jointly released by the Nandu antitrust research group of Nandu personal information protection research center and the intellectual property and Competition Research Institute of Wuhan University. GAFA is selected as the main observation object, and the antitrust investigation of the four major technology giants in various countries in the past four years is sorted out, hoping to understand the law enforcement trends and trends of the Internet anti-monopoly in foreign countries, and try to set up a good example for China Law and law enforcement provide reference. It is reported that the data in the report come from the public reports of mainstream media at home and abroad and the official websites of anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies of various countries. These institutions include the European Commission, the Federal Trade Commission of the United States, the Department of justice of the United States, the British competition and market authority, the Russian antitrust agency, the Fair Trade Commission of Japan, and the competition and Consumer Commission of Australia. (end)