The Senior Counsel for Competition Policy and General Counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), George Slover, continues to warn about flaws in proposed antitrust bills. His recently published piece “Looking Back, and Forward, on Online Platform Antitrust Reform” described how privacy and content moderation issues in the language of AICOA and OAMA […]
The latest version of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) does not address serious privacy concerns—and experts continue to sound the alarm. Here’s what to know to get up to speed: 1. Proposed legislation to regulate technology firms would potentially threaten the privacy of Americans by putting their data in the hands of […]
Sen. Klobuchar’s revised American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) recognizes the original bill’s numerous problems, as raised by a bipartisan group of 13 senators during January’s Senate Judiciary Committee markup, but solves none of them. Even worse, this new legislation explicitly carves out big telecommunications, banks, and credit card companies. Without the special exemption, an […]
American consumers love the innovative products offered by leading tech companies. These products are being threatened by the proposed American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and its House companion. Specifically, these bills harm consumer convenience and privacy by: — Breaking products and services consumers love — Undermining the security and privacy of technology offerings […]
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 […]
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold another hearing on tech, with an eye towards data, privacy and competition. As rhetoric surrounding leading tech services heats up, and opinions increasingly get in the way of facts, here are three important points to keep in mind: — Privacy is not a competition issue, and antitrust tools […]
Yesterday, the Financial Times editorial board pointed to four areas of increased regulatory scrutiny of leading tech services: bias, privacy, intermediary liability, and antitrust. Below are key developments to help understand each issue. Additionally, it’s critical to remember that tech continues to buck trends that plague the broader economy, fueled by competition. Investment and R&D […]
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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