Click on the blue font above to follow.

You can also search for public numbers"D1net"Choose to focus on the sub-public numbers of D1net's various areas (cloud computing, data centers, big data, CIOs, enterprise collaboration, network numbering, information security, enterprise mobile applications, system integration, servers, storage, call centers, video conferencing, video surveillance, etc.).

=======

 May 24 (UPI) -- France's competition authority on Monday launched an investigation into possible antitrust concerns in the online advertising market, saying it would verify the market power of Facebook and Alphabet's Google, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The French Competition Authority said it expected its investigation to conclude next year and would check the role of a number of companies in the online advertising market. These companies help advertisers and websites buy and sell accurate ads based on their online background and browsing habits.

The survey will also examine whether some companies, including Facebook and Google, have a monopoly in the online advertising market, which continues to grow rapidly.

The survey is a strong indication of the growing interest of EU antitrust authorities in the role of large internet companies in the market and the sheer volume of personal data they collect. Earlier this year, Germany's competition authority launched an investigation into whether Facebook abused its dominant position as a social network and allowed users to give up personal information.

The European Commission is investigating Google's advertising services. The commission has previously filed two charges against Google for abusing its dominant position in areas such as shopping services.

A Facebook spokesman declined to comment, but the company has previously said it believes it has always complied with the law. A Google spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In the past, Google has denied EU antitrust allegations against it and said it had complied with the law.

Google and Facebook together accounted for 43% of global net online advertising revenue in 2015, according to estimates by eMarketer, a market research firm.

A French investigation into an industry does not mean that it has been identified as a market issue to be addressed or that there is anti-competitive behaviour. When the French Competition Authority announced its investigation into the online advertising industry on Monday, it did not claim any such conduct in the industry.

But france's Competition Authority, one of the world's most active antitrust agencies, has repeatedly made regulatory recommendations and launched antitrust investigations against certain companies following similar industry investigations.

In Europe, it is not illegal to have a monopoly in the market, but it is illegal for a company to use that position to prevent competition.

(Source: NetEase Technology Report)