Google tried to withhold practically every critical detail from the public in its monopolization case. A band of advocates and journalists fought back.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Commodification of Everything
Understanding the deeper dynamics of predatory capitalism
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Star Witness Against Google: Google’s AI Chatbot
Bard is remarkably candid about the company’s intentions to leverage Big Data into AI to make its rivals, and the rest of the web, irrelevant.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Breaking the Dominion Uniparty in Virginia
Clean Virginia and its opposition to the state’s monopoly utility was a hidden driver of election results.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Dueling Petitions Highlight DOJ–Big Tech Revolving Door
While Google seeks to toss Jonathan Kanter off a pending case concerning its adtech business, the company hired a law firm that previously represented its direct competitors.
Posted inPolitics
Ken Buck Gets His Revenge on Jim Jordan
Don’t mess with the anti-monopoly reformers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The No Spin-Off Zone
The Kroger-Albertsons merger shows us why regulators need to permanently divest the concept of, well, divesting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lawsuit Highlights Why Meat Has Been Overpriced for 40 Years
Agri Stats lets meat processors coordinate their pricing. The Justice Department finally decided to go after what it calls collusion.
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 inLaw and Justice
Monopolist Secrecy Demands Are Overwhelming—and May Be Illegal
One anti-monopoly group contends that withholding basic financial information violates federal securities laws.
