#AntiTrust

We⭐Are⭐Q⭐

ForceTheQ17

THREAD (And I'm not great at these either ). 1/ Nate Simington. Have a strong feeling this guy is going to do BIG things. 2/ DJT went out of his

derf_famous

derf_famous

Who remembers the 2006 documentary ‘Hacking Democracy’? The film investigates the flawed integrity of electronic voting machines, particularly those made by Diebold Election Systems, exposing previously unknown backdoors in the

Jason Kint

jason_kint

And for those who have tracked the Cambridge Analytica cases, I remind you the DC AG on this exec committee also has his own '18 suit awaiting Judge's decision on

julia alexander

loudmouthjulia

This is a fun antitrust, or perhaps former antitrust, thing to think about. And like anything in 2020, the big concerns from independent theater associations (hell, in a pandemic world,

Timothy B. Lee

binarybits

People seem to think this is a compelling argument against antitrust enforcement but it's really not. Anyone familiar with economic history knows that new high-tech industries tend to have a

Sam Bowman

s8mb

Thoughts on the Klobuchar antitrust bill.1. Q: Is competition falling in the US economy, and market power rising? A: Probably not – see this thread. Profits seem to be going

Liberty Times & Politics 📑 #FreeSpeech

dmills3710

News Thread 20 #SocialMedia #Censorship #ViewpointDiscrimination @POTUS @JusticeATR https://twitter.com/dmills3710/status/1279233792461414402 News: June 8, 2020 #SocialEngineering #Antitrust #ElectionInterference @POTUS @JusticeATR @WokeFa

Larry Mishel

LarryMishel

Some comments to see if clarification of terminology, what's to be explained, and policy implications can reveal common ground, or not. @Econ_Marshall @hshierholz @joshbivens_DC @jschmittwdc @snaidunl @arindube @profsheena @brian_callac

Adrianne Jeffries

adrjeffries

I'll be live tweeting today's tech antitrust hearing starting at 12 p.m. EST along with the good people of @themarkup @ASankin @tenuous @AnnieGilbertson @colinlecher @jonkeegan @JuliaAngwin. Feel free to smash

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. Ok, so most people have a vague sense of frustration that the last Dem administration didn't do enough on the economy. But it's still just a vague sense. So

Jeff Farrah

JeffFarrah

Antitrust reform could impact VC & startups in a big way. New proposals restrict acquisitions and as drafted could make it harder for VC-companies to be acquired; impacts FAR more

TechFreedom

TechFreedom

All 4 big tech CEOs are testifying about #antitrust todayYou’ll hear Rs complain about bias and Ds complain about social justice etc. But vague notions of “fairness” aren’t what competition

Jameel Jaffer

JameelJaffer

In advance of today’s antitrust hearing, some thoughts about antitrust and free speech, with links to some papers that shed light on the relationship between the two. (1/x) It’s not

Robert Reich

RBReich

We're in the Second Gilded Age just like the first -- when America's wealth was in the hands of a few, conspicuous consumption existed alongside homelessness and hunger, monopolies destroyed

The Rational Walk

rationalwalk

“Socialism“ is trending on Twitter and it’s pretty clear that most of the people criticizing what they think is “capitalism” are actually critics of the cronyism and big government/big business

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

The quest to bring antitrust law to bear against tech companies is finally paying off, but it's been a long, hard slog. At the vanguard have been two legal scholars:

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