Call for more regulation of tech giants

THE UK’s competition regulator should be strengthened to better combat tech giants Apple and Google and their market dominance, a think tank has said.

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‘The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said strong competition laws would help increase innovation and help grow the economy.

‘A new report from the think tank said that despite growing political criticism and what it called intense lobbying from US tech giants, the Government should give more powers to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to challenge the dominance of Apple and Google.