Items tagged "Competition Policy"
Facebook and Twitter Made the Right Decision. Big Tech Is Still Too Powerful.
January 12, 2021 Big Tech , Competition Policy , Content Moderation , interoperability , Nondiscrimination , Platform Competition , Platform Regulation , Section 230What a week. On Tuesday, if you stayed up late enough (or woke at 3 a.m. Wednesday morning to a screaming baby, as I did) we saw Democrats win control of the Senate via a special election in Georgia. On Wednesday, we witnessed an armed insurrection on the Capitol Building, directed by President Trump in […]
Read MoreFTC, State AG Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Mark Next Step Towards Competition
December 9, 2020 Competition Policy , digital platforms , Facebook , FTC , lawsuit , Platform CompetitionToday, the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The suits focus on how Facebook has bought out competitors and potential competitors to stifle competition, as well as how Facebook has withheld access to its network anticompetitively. The suits follow three years of Public Knowledge advocacy on the competition challenges posed by dominant digital platforms like Facebook, including most recently our letters urging the FTC, Department of Justice, and state attorneys general to review Facebook’s conduct for anticompetitive behavior.
Read MoreLet the Chips Fall Where They May: The 9th Circuit Gives Free Rein to Qualcomm’s Monopoly
August 13, 2020 anticompetitive practices , Competition Policy , court decision , Monopoly , QualcommSome of my favorite movie moments are “reinforcement” scenes. Just when it appears the heroes are doomed, the music swells and unexpected allies arrive to save the day. You can probably picture the scenes: the resurrected Avengers arriving via portals in Avengers: Endgame or Gandalf and the Rohirrim’s grand entrance at Helm’s Deep. Many internet […]
Read MoreNew Public Knowledge Paper Urges Congress to Adopt Law Protecting Vendor Data from Digital Platforms
July 7, 2020 Antitrust , Competition Policy , CPNI , Digital Platform Act , digital platforms , Platform Competition , Platform RegulationToday, we’re happy to announce our newest white paper, “Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information From Digital Platforms,” by Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld. The paper stems from a platform competition research project led by Public Knowledge and supported by Omidyar Network.
Read MoreSonos Needs Regulatory Protections For Competitive Concerns, Not a Blockade of Consumer Products
January 23, 2020 Competition , Competition Policy , ITC , Platform Competition , SonosYesterday, Public Knowledge and the R Street Institute filed a comment at the International Trade Commission, arguing that it should deny Sonos’s request that categories of consumer products be blocked from import. On the merits, Public Knowledge finds Sonos’s ITC request runs contrary to the public interest. However, this is not an indictment against Sonos’s legitimate competition concerns. These competitive concerns demand resolution if consumers are to benefit from real, interoperable choices in the growing Internet of Things marketplace.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Bolsters Advocacy and Policy Teams to Protect Consumers
August 29, 2019 Broadband , Competition Policy , consumer choice , consumer protections , Public KnowledgePublic Knowledge is pleased to announce two additions and one change to our team. First, Public Knowledge welcomes Jenna Leventoff, Senior Policy Counsel, and Bertram Lee, Policy Counsel, as new additions to our government affairs and policy teams. They will add depth and experience to our policy analysis and advocacy across the full breadth of issues Public Knowledge is leading on, including free expression and content moderation, privacy, broadband deployment, and spectrum policy.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Applauds Sen. Klobuchar for Bill Enhancing FTC, DOJ Antitrust Fines
August 2, 2019 Competition Policy , DOJ , FTCRecently, Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the “Monopolization Deterrence Act of 2019.” The bill would enable the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to seek civil monetary penalties against individuals and corporations that engage in anticompetitive behavior such as favoring their own services over a competitor’s service.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Responds to Facebook Announcement of FTC Investigation
July 24, 2019 Antitrust Law , Competition Policy , Facebook , FTCToday, Facebook confirmed during its Q2 earnings call and in its quarterly report that the Federal Trade Commission notified the company in June that the agency has opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook. An FTC investigation means there is particular conduct by the company that the agency is interested in, and that the agency is examining that conduct to determine if it violates antitrust law.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Welcomes DOJ Review of Competition in Digital Platforms
July 23, 2019 Competition Policy , Digital Platform Act , digital platforms , DOJToday, the Department of Justice announced it will conduct a review of competition in digital platforms. Public Knowledge welcomes this announcement and urges the DOJ to thoroughly examine the persistence of market power and the lack of significant new entrants into digital platform markets.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Applauds Bipartisan House Judiciary Effort to Identify and Address Problems in the Tech Sector
June 3, 2019 Antitrust , Competition , Competition PolicyToday, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it is launching a bipartisan investigation into whether large technology companies are behaving in anticompetitive ways, and whether existing competition law can adequately address the challenges posed by these digital giants. A careful analysis will enable Congress to better consider whether it should pass stronger competition laws targeting technology companies.
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