This week, tech critics launched a six-figure ad campaign against Facebook’s supposed monopoly. The Open Markets Institute, who has previously called for the break up of various other successful firms, announced their campaign by purchasing ads on competitors to Facebook’s “monopoly,” which Axios has noted are “running on Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter […]
“The ’60 Minutes’ report is largely a rehash of familiar complaints against Google from longstanding opponents. As ’60 Minutes’ reminded viewers: ‘Most people love Google.’ In the U.S., successful antitrust action depends on proving harm to consumers — and that’s been challenging with Google.” That’s from Axios’ Scott Rosenberg. Below are a few things 60 […]
This evening, 60 Minutes will air a segment focusing on Google’s critics, who say the company has “stifled competition,” and Europe’s Margrethe Vestager, an “antitrust enforcer who is taking action.” We’ve seen others recycle old arguments pushed by competitors of leading tech services in the past. So before you watch, below are five things you […]
Daniel Crane, a University of Michigan law professor who focuses and has written six books and more than 60 articles on antitrust policy, recently posed four key questions to those who don’t believe current antitrust law is capable of addressing any competition concerns in the 21st century economy, the so-called Neo-Brandeisians. Highlights below: 1. Is […]
International Center for Law & Economics Executive Director Geoff Manne recently published a detailed look at serial antitrust complainant Foundem, and found their claims of so-called harm critically flawed. Beyond their pleadings for government intervention in competition, the founders of Foundem currently run an anti-Google consultancy, and “this consulting work, some of which was funded […]
Speaking in a personal capacity at CCIA’s luncheon panel discussion held during the ABA Antitrust Spring Meetings, Bruce Hoffman, Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), argued current U.S. antitrust law is “the result of decades of experience in the United States with failed standards, such as protecting […]
As D.C. tech critics propose hypothetical regulations left and right, experts are breaking through the noise to make sure policymakers know the full scope of these regulations’ implications. In particular, economists with focuses ranging from law to technology are reiterating that any regulation needs to be smart, address proven consumer harms, and avoid the collateral […]
Yesterday, in his keynote speech for the Stigler Center’s Antitrust And Competition Conference, Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim said, “Based on my collective experiences over the past 25 years, I believe the antitrust consensus approach is flexible to new business models in digital markets, and that there is no persuasive evidence […]
Yesterday, in Harvard Business Review, former antitrust counsel for Microsoft Maurice Stucke argues for a new approach to antitrust enforcement regarding America’s leading tech services because they are allegedly “monopolizing” data. Stucke’s demand for a vague “big is bad” antitrust mentality won’t support innovation or lower prices. Moreover, he erred in five critical ways. 1. […]
As legal proceedings begin in the U.S. Justice Department’s case against the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger, cries of “duopoly” against leading tech services continue to be raised despite clear examples of competitors repeatedly building innovative products and partnerships to expand their advertising reach. An Analysys Mason report notes: “Ultimately, online and TV players are experimenting […]
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