The company has successfully closed off testimony and exhibits in the public trial, limiting public discussion of its monopoly.
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Posted inBooks
How Big Tech Is Undermining Childhood
A conversation with author and child advocate Susan Linn
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google’s Fight Against Antitrust Hits a Roadblock
The search giant complained that antitrust regulator Jonathan Kanter believes in antitrust. Courts didn’t buy it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System
A new report shows that Amazon now takes 45 percent of all third-party sales on its website, part of the company’s goal to become a monopoly gatekeeper for economic transactions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial
Google claims its product is just superior. Says the former White House competition czar: ‘We now can see that a lot of those arguments are horseshit.’
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Justice Department Says Google ‘Flexed Its Muscle’ as a Monopolist
On day one of the historic monopolization trial, the government put Google’s chief economist on the stand to show that the company valued default status on browsers and devices.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The First of Several Trials of the Century
U.S. v. Google, which begins today, is part of a litany of cases against dominant firms from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust enforcers. Here’s what it’s all about.
Posted inTransportation
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Google Tries to Protect Its Monopoly Under Cover of Darkness
The search giant objects to a live audio feed of its historic monopolization trial, which begins next week.
