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France Hits Apple With A Record-Setting $1.2 Billion Fine
France’s antitrust watchdog is not an Apple fan. Today, it fined the Cupertino giant 1.1 billion euros ($2 billion), along with two wholesale partners, for violations regarding its efforts to restrict the wholesale market and abusing the economic dependence of resellers.
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Report: The FTC May Slam Facebook With ‘Record-Setting’ Fine Over User Privacy
Federal Trade Commission staff assessing whether social media giant Facebook violated a legally binding user privacy agreement with the agency are considering slapping the company with a “record-setting fine,” the Washington Post reported Friday, citing “three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorised to speak on the record.”
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Sprint Telco Fined For Pretending To Be Telstra
Sprint Telco has been fined $10,800 by the ACCC for allegedly stating it was acting on behalf of Telstra, or with Telstra’s approval, during a telemarketing call.
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New Yorkers Face Fines For Yapping On Phones While Street-Crossing
This isn’t the first time Senator Karl Kruger’s proposed a ban on mobile phone-use and listening to MP3 players when crossing the street. The motion didn’t get passed in 2007, so let’s hope the same happens again. [CBS via Gawker]