{"id":94476,"date":"2024-12-27T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:06:21","slug":"ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company\u2019s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws, according to people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, FTC attorneys have been conducting interviews and setting up meetings with Microsoft competitors.<\/p>\n<p>One key area of interest is how the world\u2019s largest software provider packages popular Office products together with cybersecurity and cloud computing services, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.<\/p>\n<p>This so-called bundling was the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/microsoft-white-house-offer-cybersecurity-biden-nadella\">a recent ProPublica investigation<\/a>, which detailed how, beginning in 2021, Microsoft used the practice to vastly expand its business with the US government while boxing competitors out of lucrative federal contracts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2024\/12\/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2024\/12\/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company\u2019s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws, according to people familiar with the matter. 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