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🚨 New publication alert 🚨 Europe needs to double down, not back down in response to brazen efforts by Big Tech and the US government to overthrow its digital sovereignty. In a new report by @openmarkets.bsky.social, @epc-official.bsky.social and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, we set out how. 1/5 🧵

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One of the greatest threats to democracy today is the monopolization of the internet by Big Tech platforms that then control how we communicate, inform & exchange ideas. We're so glad to be able to work with Sally Hubbard, a renowned antitrust expert, on advancing smart solutions to this problem.

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We are so pleased to welcome Sally Hubbard back to Open Markets as a fellow, made possible through a generous grant from the @knightfoundation.org Federal Alumni Fellowship Fund at The Miami Foundation. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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This reaction to Jeff Bezos' changing the mission of the Post Opinion pages couldn't be more spot on: "Not only does this undermine journalism’s public service role but also fails to recognize that his Big Tech brethren similarly manipulate their online platforms"

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Really great to see @cjl4news.bsky.social and @openmarkets.bsky.social in lockstep with musicians and other creative workers in advocating for opt-in rather than opt-out policies for AI training. That's antimonopoly policy done right: centering the voices of labor and small businesses.

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If you’re passionate about fighting corporate power and a rising 2L, then make sure you apply for @openmarkets.bsky.social Louis Brandeis Law & Political Economy Fellowship. Spend 10 weeks researching & drafting cutting-edge research with the best people in the business. Link and process 👇

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Proud to have contributed to this submission with @cjl4news.bsky.social and @openmarkets.bsky.social to urge the UK government to prioritize its flourishing creative industries over the profits of the AI industry.

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This is such an impressive, wide-reaching campaign to hold AI companies accountable to journalists and content creators in the UK. AI needs original content to be any good. It must pay for it, period. #MakeItFair

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Industry consolidation makes both the risks of avian flu and egg price hikes worse. Learn more from @clairek.bsky.social foodandpower.substack.com/p/if-you-car...

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Definitely a must-read!

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If you can about record egg prices, you need to care about corporate consolidation. www.foodandpower.net/latest/egg-p...

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China does have the power to cripple U.S. shipping and our access to key supply chains — and it doesn’t need the Panama Canal to do it. Learn more about the critical need to jump start American shipbuilding 👇

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On the agenda at this week's #AIActionSummit in Paris: Preventing Big Tech from monopolizing AI. Learn more from @maxvonthun's panel, shared here: www.linkedin.com/posts/open-m...

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NEW: Our transportation policy analyst Arnav Rao explains why "Trump’s Panama Canal plan is another loser for America’s maritime industry" in a new op-ed in @thehill.com Hint: The US should instead be focused jump-starting shipbuilding capacity. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

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Important piece from @ericlipton.nytimes.com and @kirstengrind.bsky.social. Elon Musk has several lines of business that directly benefit from his slashing government oversight. His influence over government is a direct conflict of interest. It's also anticompetitive. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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For commerce and national security, it is critical the US is able to access Arctic waters. But the US hasn’t built a new icebreaker ship in quarter of a century. In fact, it can’t... Read @ranaforoohar.bsky.social's incredible piece for more: www.ft.com/content/3dac...

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"As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships." @ranaforoohar.bsky.social has a can't-miss piece on her 10 days in the Arctic with the US Coast Guard www.ft.com/content/3dac...

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Glad to see so many stepping up in defense of the CFPB. The consumer protection bureau is government at its best: working to protect people from corporate power, abuse, and unfairness. We need more of the CFPB and agencies like it to improve our democracy, not less.

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A big tech executive should not be running the UK's competition authority, or CMA. We joined civil society partners, small and mid-sized tech companies, trade groups and more in a letter to the government👇 www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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In Food & Power, @clairek.bsky.social has the latest on Kroger & Albertsons post failed merger. READ: www.foodandpower.net/latest/whats...

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Next week: The Paris AI Action Summit will focus on ways to align AI with the public interest. Participants must include in this agenda plans to address Big Tech’s early dominance over the AI ecosystem and its creeping capture of AI governance, especially in the US. 1/2

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Really important observation / short history from @fishkin.bsky.social ...

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We recently published an expert brief that digs even further into ways to promote fair competition in tech and AI. Give it a look: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

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"DeepSeek is the canary in the coal mine. It’s warning us that when there isn’t enough competition, our tech industry grows vulnerable..." Required reading from Lina Khan: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...

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For the UK to keep in mind as they weigh ways to address Google's monopoly power: "Google's products are not naturally occurring market developments - they are strategically created & leveraged to reinforce its monopolistic position." www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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NEW: We've urged the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to break up Google's search monopoly as it undertakes a major investigation into the tech giant www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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In an interview with @Capitol_Forum, Vestager pushed back on EU businesses pushing for weaker merger rules: If you say you want bigger businesses but still want to be challenged, then you should be good with the existing merger rules.

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NEW read in The Corner: "Fixing U.S. Steel Requires a Plan. Does Trump Have One?" by Open Markets fellow Garphil Julien www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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Some district judges are unclear about the ways in which price-fixing via software and algorithm is still price-fixing. Luckily, we've got an amicus brief for them: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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While threats to American democracy in the form of an illegal freeze on federal funding are front and center in the US, @bruxconf2025.bsky.social united powerful thinkers + policymakers from Europe, the US & more on the urgent need to take back control from the oligarchs... 1/2

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NEW - We've filed an amicus brief in the second case of casino-hotels allegedly price-fixing via a revenue management software. Collusion is collusion. Even when it is done through an algorithm. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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SCOTUS' TikTok ruling ultimately means that Congress can step up to outlaw Big Tech's harmful surveillance business models, for any platform, successfully. Let's not get caught up in 1st Amendment arguments - that's what Big Tech wants. www.theverge.com/2025/1/24/24...

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It would be great to see the new administration follow through on existing antitrust cases. We'll be monitoring. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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UK probes Apple and Google over ‘mobile ecosystem’ market power

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NEW Food & Power from @clairek.bsky.social: Ag Antitrust Action on the Way Out the Door...Biden Administration Finalizes Poultry Payment Rules and Sues John Deere and Pepsi READ: foodandpower.substack.com/p/ag-antitru...

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ICYMI: "The findings of USTR’s Section 301 investigation highlight the urgent need for bold action to address the decades-long slump in U.S. maritime capacity..." Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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What We're Reading Today.. from @maxvonthun.bsky.social and Varg Folkman in the EU Observer 👇

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My piece for @openmarkets.bsky.social on what to expect in antimonopoly came out 2 days before the inauguration. Although we got no major announcements on competition/antitrust yesterday, the overall EOs have put us closer to the second scenario: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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Yes, how dare we ask big tech and its investors to follow the laws that govern fair competition, commerce, and free speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...

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This is the federal government reviving enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act and we're very glad to see it. Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/robinsonpatm...

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The Big But Hidden Win for American Democracy Find @danielahanley.bsky.social's statement on the SCOTUS TikTok decision here: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

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Spending some time today with this important new report spearheaded by @courtneyr.bsky.social and a remarkable team of global experts.

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Our senior fellow @johnnyryan.bsky.social published a pivotal report on the security crises created by real-time bidding that has blown these problems wide open. LEARN MORE 👇

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