Gigi Sohn
Gigi Sohn is a distinguished fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy, a Benton Senior Fellow and former counselor to then FCC chairman Tom Wheeler. She is also the co-Founder and former CEO of Public Knowledge.
Antitrust and Competition
The Trump FCC Can’t and Shouldn’t Be the Internet Speech Police
The debate over whether Section 230 needs to be updated is an important one. But the proper venue for that debate is...
Antitrust and Competition
One Year After the Net Neutrality Repeal: the FCC Has Abdicated Its Role Protecting Consumers and Competition
Every promise made by broadband providers and every reason cited by the FCC in its decision to eliminate the net neutrality rules has proven...
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Antitrust and Competition
New Study Warns Antitrust Inaction May Lead To Acceptable Collusion for Public Policy Considerations
The modernization of EU antitrust laws muddied the water with regard to the ways that antitrust authorities and courts should handle situations...
Antitrust and Competition
Dark Money Dominates Spending by Special Interest Groups and Sways Elections
New research on undisclosed and unlimited political contributions, or dark money, exposes the increasing role that such funds play in U.S. elections.
Antitrust and Competition
The “Conspiracy” of Consumer Welfare Theory
Matt Stoller argues there was a conspiracy. It was more of an association with a singular purpose.
Antitrust and Competition
Researchers Find Reduced Competition After Pandemic
The chart of the week comes from a new research paper that documents the increase in small business closures during the Covid...
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Voters Still Believe Politics is About the Common Good, Not Just Rent-Seeking
Do voters still believe that politics can be a source for common-good policies and not just partisan bickering and rent-seeking? With political...
Antitrust and Competition
How to Design Data Protection Laws That Actually Work
More and more countries are passing data protection laws, yet empirical studies show that these laws rarely deliver on their promises. A...
Antitrust and Competition
Are Monopolists or Cartels the True Source of Anticompetitive US Political Power?
Trade associations are often the biggest obstacles to competitive markets, especially when those organizations use their influence to change public policy in...
