Regulation
Addictive Social Media: Why We Need Regulation and Competition for Digital Platforms
Social media is associated with the prevalence of mood disorders, depression, and anxiety. With no regulations to address the dangers of addictive digital content,...
Government Regulation is the Pro-Market Solution
The Covid-19 pandemic has utterly discredited the false dichotomy of government vs. markets. Extensive government regulation is a prerequisite for the proper functioning of...
Effective Enforcement Matters More Than New Rules in the EU’s Efforts to Regulate Gatekeeping Platforms
While the EU’s new Platform-to-Business Regulation went into effect on July 12, the European Commission is already gearing up to introduce two other, more...
ICIJ’s FinCEN Files Expose How Banks Turn a Blind Eye to Suspicious Transactions
A 16-months long investigation identified more than $2 trillion in transactions that were flagged as possible money laundering or other criminal activity. The records—which...
The ACCC’s News Media Bargaining Code: Experimenting with “Decentralized Regulation” of Dominant Digital Platforms
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently proposed a mandatory bargaining code to govern negotiations between digital platforms like Google and Facebook and publishers...
Self-Favoring in the Digital Economy and the Role of Antitrust
At the moment, the strategy of the major tech platforms seems to be to deny any bias and malicious self-favoring. The facts, however, do...
Special Interests Hide Behind Regulatory Myths
Three myths about federal regulation help prevent much of the public, and many experts, from realizing how many regulations serve to promote special interests.
Years...
The House’s Big Tech Hearing: Break Ups Large and Small?
Last week’s epic House hearing on online platforms raised many issues, chief among which was the question who gets to operate at scale.
Last week’s...
Top 10 Admissions from Tech CEOs Secured at the Antitrust Hearing
This week’s Congressional hearing produced evidence of anticompetitive conduct that state attorneys general and private enforcers can use to pursue the dominant platforms under...
More and More Employers Are Spying on Workers Online. Federal Regulators Are Okay With It
Employers today have numerous tools at their disposal to monitor workers’ behavior and communications. Outdated federal regulations and an administration that prioritizes employers’ interests...
