The FTC admitted taking a higher settlement figure from Facebook in exchange for declining to depose Mark Zuckerberg.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inLaw and Justice
AT&T Hires Verizon (Excuse Me?)
Why has one telecom giant hooked up with its chief rival—and what does it portend for their more than 200 million subscribers?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Cost-Benefit Boomerang
The right devised cost-benefit analysis to discredit regulation. Now this technique is showing massive net benefits, and the foes of environmental regulation are in a panic.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Antitrust Cops Fail to Police Big Business—Again
The day after one regulator announces an investigation into Big Tech, another gives Facebook a wet kiss. It’s all part of a pattern.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fifty Years After the Moon Landing, Recalling One Small Misstep
Why did the first humans to set foot off Planet Earth plant the flag of only part of Planet Earth?
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Week of Reckoning for Big Tech
The platform monopolies face three hearings on Capitol Hill that could define future actions against them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Uses Supporters as Props on the Environment
Trump’s latest campaign ploy recruits ordinary people to sing his environmental praises.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Try SurveillApp!
These busy days, it’s hard to keep track of all that you’ve been doing. You may not remember what websites you’ve visited, who you’ve talked to and texted on your phone, every angle of every room in your house, and your precise location at every waking moment. Well, we’re the big web platform companies. And […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Inside the Congressional Staff Meeting About Libra
Staffers challenge Facebook’s happy talk about its digital currency in a briefing.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Coerced Tech Transfer: The Heart of the China Problem
Trump moved into a bipartisan policy vacuum on China. The political mainstream needs a better strategy, or Trump and China will both be the winners.