The administration has made clear that protecting consumers and keeping prices down are key to its agenda, yet some are advocating for antitrust enforcement changes that would harm consumers, reduce convenience, and raise prices.  For example, while administration economists argued that corporations were not to blame for unprecedented inflation, some in the administration are at […]

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Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “journalism, competition, and the effects of market power on a free press.” Ahead of that hearing, it’s important to understand that the news industry already enjoys dynamic competition and that the proposed regulatory “solutions” would harm the market. Here’s what you need to know: — […]

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Senator Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act could give foreign adversaries like China and Russia access to American user data and our digital infrastructure. In last week’s markup of the bill, several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee pointed out that the bill could have serious, “dangerous” impacts on data privacy and security. Here’s […]

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Despite a last minute manager’s amendment that acknowledges but does nothing to address the key weaknesses of the bill, the Senate Judiciary Committee will today markup Senator Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act, a radical breakup bill in disguise that would arbitrarily punish America’s leading tech companies. Here’s what to read to get yourself up to […]

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Despite what you may have heard, current antitrust bills will not address inflation. Sen. Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), which is set for a markup tomorrow, could make inflation worse by creating inefficiencies and raising the price of low cost and free digital services. In fact, inflation has remained low within the […]

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As experts and members of Congress have previously noted, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), and similar measures, could put American national security at risk by possibly requiring U.S. companies to share data, hardware, software, and more with foreign rivals—while imposing none of these mandates on competitors from Russia and China.  With the […]

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Last summer, the House Judiciary Committee rushed through a committee vote less than two weeks after the introduction of Rep. Cicilline’s American Choice and Innovation Online Act, along with a number of other anti-tech bills despite strongly voiced concerns. Looking to the Senate, we are about to see a similar scenario play out with Sen. […]

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The Senate’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would prohibit Google from showing a range of helpful search results, but allow Google’s competitors to show the same information.

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Despite what you might have heard, Congress’s anti-tech bills will not reduce inflation. In fact, they will make it worse by undermining the technologies that lead to lower consumer prices. By targeting tech, in which inflation is already consistently low and some prices are even declining, the bills would jeopardize free or low-cost services, potentially […]

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