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A is for Apple. A is also for Antitrust. From American public media, this is

Marketplace Tech. I'm Lily Jamale. It is known as AI washing, false claims about a company's use of AI. We know it feels

like everybody's doing it, but the Securities and Exchange Commission this week is

cracking down on the practice by finding two companies a total

of $400,000. We'll have more on that in this week's installment of Marketplace TechBitesites we can review.

Plus persuasion or coercion,

the Supreme Court hears arguments in yet another case

having to do with online speech.

Conservative Attorneys General say the Biden administration coerced internet platforms to take down certain content

We'll hear why justices might actually side with the White House on this one, but first the U. the US Department of Justice announced Thursday

it is bringing antitrust charges against Apple. They accused the tech giant of

exploiting its alleged iPhone monopoly. Reuters breaking views columnist Anita Ramaswami joined me to explain.

Essentially what they're alleging is that Apple has maintained an illegal monopoly over

the smartphone market.

I mean iPhones are super popular and there are a lot of

different components to this and they're arguing that this is causing harm for consumers,

higher prices. Apple has a lot of restrictive terms and it its Apple store in terms of you know what

third parties can do and how they can list apps. They take pretty high fees as

Commission for anyone listing apps and doing transactions on the App Store

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