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Simons, Chopra, Phillips Nominated to Federal Trade Commission
WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, the President nominated Republican Joe Simons to chair the Federal Trade Commission as well as Democrat Rohit Chopra and Republican Noah...
It’s Official: EU Antitrust Law Isn’t about Consumer Welfare
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the European Commission announced that it had imposed a record $2.7 billion fine against Alphabet. The EC alleges that Google violated...
#178: Is it time to break up Big Tech?
In a New York Times op-ed, Jonathan Taplin argues that Google, Facebook, and Amazon have become monopolies. With such large market shares in search advertising, social media,...
#122: Saving Local News
Today’s media landscape looks nothing like the 1970s. Back then, newspapers, radio, and television were the only games in town. But despite such insignificant developments...
#69: TWC-Charter Merger and FCC Extortion
This week, the Department of Justice approved the merger of Charter and Time Warner Cable, the sixth and third biggest broadband providers in America. If...
EU vs. Google: Regulators Still Fighting the Last War
Today, EU antitrust authorities began another lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the European search market to favor its own...