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(Preview) The UK Blocks Microsoft-Activision, Globalized Companies and Local Regulations, Antitrust and Innovation

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The EU's Antitrust Laws and the GDPR

John Gruber: Regulators can use that fear of invasive technology and invading our private lives. The EU on the antitrust front is very aggressive and more aggressive than the US has been, he says. And so I wonder if regulators over there are able to scuttle a deal like this,. Is the EU just going to be setting the terms of engagement on these issues going forward? That's been the case for a while.

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