UK to abandon plans to give watchdog powers to regulate big tech, report

John Leonard
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UK to abandon plans to give watchdog powers to regulate big tech, report
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UK to abandon plans to give watchdog powers to regulate big tech, report

Plans to grant CMA new statutory powers likely to be ditched

The government is set to abandon plans to grant statutory powers to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), according to a report by the FT. In 2020, the government announced plans to beef ...

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