What Is Fair, Reasonable, and Nondiscriminatory? It Depends
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at what is fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND), and shares a piece from IAM Media which opines that “FRAND is in the eye of the beholder” and how that can play out in the telecom industry.
European Union Looking to Rein in Apple
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at how the new European Union (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA) could disrupt the whole app ecosystem by putting an end to Apple’s restrictive rules that stifles competition.
Bipartisan Lawmakers Launch the Congressional Antitrust Caucus Targeting Big Tech
The Futurum Group’s Shelly Kramer takes a look at the recent bipartisan announcement of the Congressional Antitrust Caucus to take on Big Tech and why lawmakers need to approach these initiatives with care so that innovation isn’t hampered in the process.
Will Congress Be Able to Break Up Big Tech?
The effort to break up Big Tech has stalled in Congress. The House has taken bills that could break up the tech giants off the table for now. As a result, efforts to break up Big Tech have shifted to the courts. The Justice Department and eight states filed a suit aiming to break up […]
Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies
The Futurum Group’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer weighs in on the recent Google lawsuit filed by the Justice Department (DOJ) and eight states, California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, calling for the breakup of the search giant’s digital advertising technology business over alleged monopolization of the digital advertising.
Big Tech Campaign Against Antitrust Laws
Big Tech companies have been aggressively embarking on a lobbying campaign to oppose antitrust laws proposed from Congress. They argue that implementing the antitrust laws would result in fewer choices for consumers and higher prices for products. In addition, Big Tech claims that antitrust reform will harm U.S. national security. According to a report from […]
Big Tech’s Battle Against Proposed Antitrust Legislation
Two bills recently introduced are at the center of Big Tech’s battle against the proposed antitrust legislation. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and the Open App Markets Act have resulted in the tech industry spending millions in expensive lobbying and advertising campaigns. Big Tech leaned on many lobbyists, including ones with professional […]
Big Tech and the AICOA Act for Antitrust Reform
The AICOA Act has been introduced for Big Tech antitrust reform. Over the course of the last two decades, the Big Tech companies have implemented policies and infrastructure designs allowing them to significantly expand their influence. Big Tech’s growth was facilitated by a lenient and hands-off enforcement of antitrust laws, along with a US tech […]
Amazon and Alphabet Ramp Up in Self-Preferencing Bill Fight
Futurum Research analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at how Amazon and Alphabet are ramping up their fight against a “self-preferencing” bill in the U.S. Congress that seeks to rein in Big Tech marketplace influence in online search and sales.
AICOA Act to Empower Fair Digital Competition
According to a statement by US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D) and Chuck Grassley (R), the proposed AICOA Act is a bipartisan attempt to promote fair competition on the internet by implementing new rules to prevent the largest tech companies from “abusing their market power to harm competition, online businesses, and consumers.” The American Innovation and […]
Examining the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act would prohibit dominant tech platforms from what its sponsors believe amounts to unfairly ranking their services above those of rivals. The legislation would prohibit dominant tech platforms like Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Google from giving preferential treatment to their own services in marketplaces they operate. Many complaints […]
Amazon Sellers Reject Amazon’s Lobbying Attempt in Antitrust Fight
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team examines why Amazon sellers support the American Innovation and Choice Online Act despite Amazon’s argument that it will hurt sellers’ ability to sell on the marketplace.
