This week’s Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue event called for EU-style antitrust reform that would undermine our country’s innovation economy and leadership. Let’s focus on the facts: — Applying an outdated industrial approach to today’s technology sector harms the innovation economy. — Moving away from the proven consumer welfare standard would undermine U.S. leadership in innovation. — […]
Despite what you may have heard from the newly launched “Small Business Rising” coalition, innovation has been a pro-consumer force for centuries, delivering better and new products, lower costs, and more choices. And it’s not just consumers that benefit — new technologies lower barriers to entry, enabling small businesses to grow and new businesses to […]
When considering competition policy, it’s important to remember the facts. Get up to speed before today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Antitrust hearing, and remember this: — The current American approach to competition policy and enforcement is working for consumers and the broader economy. — An economics-based approach to antitrust rooted […]
After Friday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing, remember this: — Publishers of all sizes have many ways to monetize. — Publishers increasingly use their own “in-house” ad tech. — Many publishers work with multiple ad tech providers simultaneously. — When publishers use third party ad tech to show ads on […]
Before today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing, it’s important to remember: — The internet created an explosion in media and opportunities for consumers to access information. — Rather than having to stick to one channel, publishers now have multiple options to grow traffic to their sites. — From TV to […]
The rigor and objectivity of the modern antitrust framework have long enabled tech-led prosperity for consumers, small businesses, and a wide array of industries. Ahead of today’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing, it is important to keep in mind that: — American market dynamism leads the world and unlocks […]
At a time when Americans are counting on tech more than ever, it can be easy to forget that the internet as we know it — with information on every topic, in every language, at the fingertips of billions of people — is powered by advertising. The ad-supported internet fosters a win-win ecosystem: free websites […]
Today, sellers enjoy access to innumerable marketplaces and scalable tools, while benefiting from direct access to consumers. Small businesses and new entrants in particular are finding unique ways to connect with consumers and stand out among a growing number of brands. Despite what you might have heard at last week’s House Judiciary hearing, when it […]
Digital mapping is one of the most obvious examples of a free tool that has made life easier for consumers. But digital mapping technology is about more than getting you from A to B. In addition to the simple, free maps tools that millions of consumers use every day, there is intense competition in the […]
Ahead of today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing, it is important to remember that: 1. When it comes to browsing, purchasing, and starting a new business, consumers and founders have access to more online tools than ever. 2. “Glass-Steagall for the internet” is a dangerously misapplied framework when it comes […]
Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.
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