Italy's antitrust watchdog is investigating Apple, Google and Dropbox. NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKEY FACTSItaly’s ACGM said in a press release on Monday that it had launched six investigations into Google Drive, Apple’s iCloud and Dropbox. Key BackgroundThe European Union and its member nations have opened other formal and informal probes into big tech companies including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. The U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and Congress are presently investigating key tech companies over potential antitrust issues. TangentU.S. Attorney General William Barr is pushing to bring an antitrust suit against Google as soon as this month, the New York Times reported last week.

Source: Forbes September 07, 2020 18:00 UTC