#AntiTrust

I talked to @CoralieFebvre about the potential #EULaw issues linked to #FIFA & #UEFA's decision to threaten players taking part in the #SuperLeague with an ineligiblity. Full interview (in French)
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Big tech companies all simultaneously reaching exact same decisions when it comes to banning individuals & businesses demands antitrust action. It’s monopolistic collusion, yes, but it also destroys marketplace of
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It's awesome that @bandcamp is forgoing its share of the revenue today. It's also worth thinking about the reasons why the company is willing and able to do this.https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser Most
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#Amazon CEO @JeffBezos seemed surprised to hear about Amazon sellers being worried about getting suspended without explanation or communication. That's something we've been writing about for years. Here's a story
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On a wide spectrum of the big issues in play vis-a-vis China policy, the EU’s involvement is critical. The major strategic economic and technology matters - from supply chains to
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Thread/Time for political economy to make digital politics central to the field. @ProfKMcNamara have put together a primer on what we call the digital double movement, which could serve as
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Today, @thedailybeast published "The Justice Department Finally—Finally!—Takes on Google and the Danger of Monopolies," my op-ed on tech antitrust and its connection to the digital rights movement.https://www.thedailybeast.com
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1/ Me on skynews. The Facebook case is historic, and we're seeing regulators finally reach for the powers that they've always had to hold monopolies to account. But it's just
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Despite the massive triumphs of the world's largest corporations and most rapacious billionaires during the covid crisis, neoliberalism is in ideological retreat: more people are more critical of the idea
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Facebook's decision to pull out of Australia, and Google's decision to strike deals with local publishers, isn't the morality play people think.It's much more about whether businesses should be able
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1. @ShaoulSussman and I wrote about a key scholar named Herb Hovenkamp. It's a story of how corporate power lives not in seedy politics, but in academia, in expert jargon,
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Facebook's antitrust challenge has arrived in the form of lawsuits from the FTC and 40 plus states. The market's muted response to FB shares reflects the allegations have been known
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1/ In case you slept in late today and missed the news, which hasn't been reported by the media:*19 States join Texas in AG LAWSUIT* Trump joins the fight w/Texas*
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Every time the US has a change of administration, @EFF staffers - lawyers, policy analysts, activists - create a "transition memo": a series of one-page briefings on the tech policy
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The discussion over @Twitter suspending Trump seems to have skipped a few beats.Thread. /1 Only the state is (even theoretically) obligated to respect constitutional rights. Corporate platforms are not bound
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It begins. https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1336755231946846208 Let's take a tour through the lawsuit against Facebook, shall we? Let us enter the magical world of the Clayton Act and the Sherman Act. "Facebook's
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