The House Judiciary Committee section of the GOP mega-bill is appalling.
Meta/Facebook
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Government Has Already Won the Meta Case
Mark Zuckerberg fairly obviously bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a perceived competitor. He isn’t doing that with TikTok, and the FTC’s monopolization trial is why.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big
One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet
One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond.
Posted inPolitics
Fetterman Hires Former Meta Staffer for His Comms Operation
The tech giant has been accused of censoring Palestinians during the Gaza war.
Posted inBooks
Fixing Disinformation Online
What will it take to regulate the abuses of Big Tech without undermining free speech?
Posted inAmerica and the World
The EU’s Tough New Rules for Tech
Will they survive an intense and preposterous lobbying campaign by the U.S. platform giants to brand them as discriminatory against American companies?
Posted inPodcasts
The Billionaire Cage Match
Who would win in a brawl, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Haters Took a Premature Victory Lap
It turns out that the ethics official who recommended that Khan recuse herself from a case involving Meta is an owner of Meta stock.
Posted inTAP
The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?