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2025-02-06 06:10:50
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Exclusive: Appointment of ex-Amazon UK boss prompts group letter to chancellor airing fears over approach to big techThe appointment of the former boss of Amazon UK to lead the competition watchdog poses a threat to its independence and pledge to hold big tech to account, according to a group including tech companies and the former business secretary Vince Cable.The group – which includes the News Media Association, the Firefox developer Mozilla, the consumer group Which? and the Future of Technology Institute – has written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to raise concerns about the appointment of Doug Gurr as the interim chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/06/tech-firms-publishers-which-magazine-raise-fears-new-boss-competition-regulator-doug-gurr