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…govern them. But less well understood is the shadow influence of Big Tech and the institutions and academics of public policy formation. Big Tech spreads money throughout Washington, with six-figure…

The federal government peddled technology to Big Tech companies to assist them in censoring Americans’ speech on social media in the run-up to the 2020 election, according to emails Missouri…

…facto monopolies, it’s not actually true that if you’re unhappy with big tech companies you can just use another platform. Even if it were true, it would be irrelevant. Big…

…have also investigated big tech, with 50 state and territory attorneys general having now announced their own antitrust probe aimed at Google. In targeting big tech giants, the DOJ’s assistant…

…about its influence on a multibillion-dollar defense contract. Having failed with each of those claims, Big Tech has turned to a new bogeyman: China. Antitrust enforcement actions against Big Tech—or…

…prioritize tech companies over everyone else. It’s time to de-prioritize and end the billions in state, local, and federal subsidies fed to Big Tech companies. Both Google and Amazon enjoy…

…of Big Tech unfolds in three parts. In the first, Hawley sketches a brief history of Gilded Age monopolies. In the second, he details the 21st century’s techno-capitalist takeover. I…

…Tech and actually wanting to start thinking about reasonable solutions. However, despite the urgency Foroohar brings to her writing about Big Tech and the necessity of breaking up Google, Facebook,…

…to break up Big Tech. Certainly, all companies, of any size and in any industry, must comply with our antitrust laws. Big Tech is no different. The United States should…

…speech-stifling objectives and actions of Big Tech and the government are indistinguishable. Big Tech is so in sync with big brother that the former reliably does the bidding of the…

…go so far as wholly embracing Hawley’s “big is bad” approach to break up Big Tech and abandon the traditional consumer welfare standard of antitrust. But there is recognition that…

…law prohibiting Big Tech from censoring political speech, setting up a Supreme Court review in the near future. NetChoice v. Paxton In September of 2021, Texas passed House Bill 20,…

…rebalance this power dynamic by providing protections to small businesses from Big Tech’s self-preferencing, anti-competitive interference, and unfair retaliation.  Let’s be honest: it’s the Wild West out there. Big Tech…

…Big Tech, Big Defense, or Big Anything. Since 2016, Republicans have learned to talk a pretty good game. They rail against left-wing corporate activism and “woke capital.” They trash companies…

…potential customers that you’re a bigot. There’s No Defense for the Actions of Big Tech What is more, those with online businesses might be cut off directly by Big Tech….

…by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to come up with a series of solutions related to Big Tech. These proposals seemingly represent the Republican platform for taking on Big Tech…

…the sex trafficking, extremism, and even child abuse that flourishes on tech platforms. This bipartisan interest in changing the law to hold tech companies accountable is what Big Tech fears…

…Big Tech appeasement by Republican FTC commissioners like Phillips and his predecessors. The FTC’s historical record on Big Tech is abysmal, having rubber-stamped the anti-competitive acquisitions and predatory conduct that…

…newly formed Seattle meet-up, composed of both long-time conservatives as well as formerly apolitical moms activated by increasing leftist extremism, was the embodiment of that silent, tech-wary, majority. “Big Tech…

…administration is colluding with corrupt Big Tech companies to silence anything they deem “problematic” on social media. There’s no denying Big Tech is the biggest threat to free expression in…

…Big Tech firms to keep our website on the internet, and we’re partnering with companies that are fundamentally committed to free speech, such as Rumble,” Nunes said. Big Tech is…

…presidency (big tech needs its corporatist Democratic allies, having already alienated grassroots Republicans), there’s a reason to be concerned. Big Blockers Pretend to Be Scared of Blocking FCC Chairman Ajit…

…Intercept — provides further proof that the government works hand in glove with the world’s biggest tech companies to remove, manage, curate, and otherwise censor what Americans can see and…

…and innovation, it would inhibit small-business innovation, as well. It’s true that Big Tech frequently swallows enterprises to eliminate competition. Yet many times smaller tech firms don’t have access to…

…revolving door is not, as was once the case, an expedient alliance between regulator and regulated that, if morally fraught, at least makes business sense. The Big Tech-Big Government alliance…

…Policy Apace with Big Tech’s Power The sheer scope of Big Tech’s massive influence and unprecedented power over individuals as well as society is becoming frighteningly clear. Efforts to force…

…or Big Business in general. In a House and Senate run by Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, Republican efforts to dismantle Big Tech will find even fewer GOP supporters than…

Major technology companies, a.k.a. “Big Tech,” have too much power. For too long Big Tech companies have been allowed to operate under a double-standard that has padded their wallets and…

…allows Big Tech companies to launder lobbying for public policy outcomes through the veneer of independent analysis from both left and right perspectives. As APP puts it, Big Tech donations…

…(R-Texas), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), have also raised issues with Big Tech’s guaranteed immunities under that law for the way they treat user content on their platforms. If Big Tech…

…of the world to avoid imposing accountability for Big Tech, and their subsequent shock and horror when the Biden administration collaborates with tech giants to silence dissent. Twitter and Facebook…

…worse, that vision of pre-woke capitalism is just a vindictive reflection of prejudice, racism, and bigotry. As one technologist described it yesterday: “Big tech is filled with people who 1)…

…business and big government — and nowhere is that more apparent than in the GOP’s ongoing feud with America’s tech giants. It’s no secret that America’s largest tech companies are…

…Sen. James Lankford which focused on the dangers of politically motivated Big Tech censorship. “In a matter of weeks, Big Tech platforms have banned speech identifying biological men as men,…

Fed up with the repeated censorship of his work, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson penned a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki demanding the Big Tech company answer for its…

In a meeting of a House antitrust subcomittee last week, members took turns lamenting the market supremacy of Big Tech — and making pledges to curtail it. Bipartisan consensus on…