French and British campaigns against Google and Facebook
Margrethe Vestager, Danish politician, who is currently serving as the European Commissioner for Competition
by Jane Whyatt
France’s biggest newspapers and media groups have formed advertising alliances to take on the commercial might of Google and Facebook. And in the UK, a campaign called Duopoly has gathered almost 200 signatures for a petition to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Duopoly has also won the verbal backing of Conservative Culture Minister Matt Hancock.
The French newspaper groups behind “Le Monde” and “Le Figaro” have teamed up to launch Skyline, a joint sales effort for all their print and online magazines.…
