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Is blocking the Microsoft-Activision deal just the start for UK regulators?

May 03, 202325 min
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Episode description

This week on the podcast, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Associate Bart Myners to unpack the CMA's stunning decision to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision-Blizzard. But before that, they touch on the UK's new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, which empowers policymakers with greater ability to regulate platforms and protect competition. Could we be looking at a new era of UK tech regulation?

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