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 […]
Big Tech Influences Congress to Avoid Creating Legislation
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at how the Big Tech are putting a halt on Congress passing tech-targeted legislations.
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 […]
Open App Markets Act Can Rein in Big Tech
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team covers how the OAMA can benefit developers by preventing big tech marketplace operators from “self-preferencing” their own products.
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 […]
AICOA Targets Big Tech to Level Digital Playing Field
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) “prohibits certain large online platforms from engaging in specific acts. This includes giving preference to their own products on the platform, unfairly limiting the availability on the platform of competing products from another business or discriminating in the application or enforcement of the platform’s terms of service […]
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 […]
Biden Administration Appeals to Big Tech to Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity
The News: Last week the President Biden met with the CEOs of the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, and IBM, among others to stress the importance of cybersecurity to the nation’s interests and to seek collaboration with the private sector to combat the cyberattacks that are becoming an almost daily occurrence. Read more at Reuters.
36 States Sue Google Over Aggressive Terms As Big Tech Remains In Focus
This summer has seen a wave of antitrust lawsuits and proposed bills targeting big tech — and there are no signs of slowing. Just this past week, 36 states and the District of Columbia sued Googleover claims that it monopolized the distribution of apps on mobile devices that run Google-owned Android OS, and blocked competition […]
Amazon and Facebook Seek Recusal of FTC Chair Lina Khan
The News: Amazon and Facebook have filed petitions seeking Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan’s recusal in antitrust cases involving their companies. Read the full news item on CNBC. Analyst Take: I’m going to make a bold prediction here that there is no circumstance barring a felony (or similar) that will see these petitions granted. Khan was appointed to […]
