Monopoly power

Big Tech companies have become omnipresent, playing critical roles in our social interactions, in the way we access information, and in the way we consume. These firms not only strive to be dominant players in one market but with their giant monopoly power and domination of online ecosystems, want to become the market itself.

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Amazon's lobbying satellites orbit EU policy-makers

24.11.2023
From workers' rights to data protection, environmental impact and abuses of dominance, the growing reach of Amazon is facing backlash. In response, the digital giant is ramping up its lobbying power in the EU and member states.
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Lobbying the EU

Why EU Commission dumped Google's favourite consultant

Read our joint op-ed with LobbyControl published in the EU Observer
03.10.2023
The European Commission dropped RBB Economics as its consultant this summer due to conflicting interests - but the Ombudsman had to step in for it to do so.
Fish eat fish
Lobbying the EU

How the Commission outsourced its merger policy to Google’s best friend

26.04.2023
The European Commission has hired consultants who work for some of the biggest monopolies in the world to evaluate its merger enforcement policies. The European Commission has barely explored if there is a conflict of interest in such an appointment.
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Lobbying the EU

Spamming the regulator

How Big Tech's 'economic consultants' undermine EU competition policy
30.01.2023
Research by CEO and LobbyControl shows that a little-known band of economic consultancies are managing to fly under the radar on behalf of their tech clients. These consultancies are effectively 'spamming the regulator' with supposedly neutral reports to influence the EU's competition policy and smooth the path for Big Tech monopolies and mergers.
Yeuyei - Surveillance capitalism
Lobbying the EU

Big Tech’s last minute attempt to tame EU tech rules

Lobbying in times of trilogues
23.04.2022
As the EU discussions to set up new tech rules come to an end, new lobby documents expose the intense last minute corporate campaign to influence the secretive last phase - the trilogues.
The lobby network
Lobbying the EU

The lobby network: Big Tech's web of influence in the EU

31.08.2021
As Big Tech’s market power has grown, so has its political clout. Just as the EU tries to rein in the most problematic aspects of Big Tech – from disinformation, targeted advertising to excessive market power – the digital giants are lobbying hard to shape new regulations.