LIVE: Fixing the Information Crisis Before It's Too Late (For Democracy) x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“Generative AI is a threat to journalism and everything it stands for, said Courtney Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute.” Marisa Coulton Dr. Courtney Radsch Toronto Star thestar.com/business/is-it…

I’d be interested in your thoughts on this Muhammad Najem  aliaibrahim عليا ابراهيم UN Women Arabic UNESCO BEIRUT Rawan Damen A new Arabic language setting, from غرّد to غرّدي blog.x.com/en_us/topics/p…

Which is why they also need to impose a must carry requirement. Critical information communication platforms shouldn’t be allowed to discriminate against news publishers. Meta news ban in Australia would be 'potentially catastrophic' ⁦Press Gazette⁩ pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/aust…

Oomph. The King of Adtech M&A - and show man - having some fun while explaining why the $275 billion juggernaut will be brought to its knees in federal court by the United States Justice Dept on September 9th. 1/3

Here is a simple explainer for non-industry we did for a remedy. It just takes basic understanding of issues with opacity + conflicts of interest + market power, although Google will try to confuse things with complexity, re-brands and adtech mess. 2/3 x.com/DCNorg/status/…

This is amazing

Today, Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal Publisher Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker released the below statement on The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Statement here: bit.ly/46afpnY #IStandWithEvan

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra reacts to the major IT outage impacting financial systems worldwide. "We're getting a taste of some of the potential effects of a real reliance of sectors across the economy relying on a handful of cloud companies and other key systems," he says

For Student Borrower Protection Center, I wrote an article detailing the untapped "unfair methods of competition" powers 11 state AGs possess. These powers allow them to ban non-competes, TRAPs, and other coercive contracts should the FTC's rule be struck down. protectborrowers.org/deep-dive-stat…

A win for Texans (but what about the rest of us?!) and evidence of why we need laws and regulations (#privacy): Meta reaches $1.4 billion settlement in Texas biometric data suit over Facebook’s violation of its Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act cnbc.com/2024/07/30/met…

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JUDGE MEHTA FINDS GOOGLE VIOLATED SECTION 2 OF THE SHERMAN ACT MY MAINTAINING ITS MONOPOLY OVER GENERAL SEARCH

Went on vacation this week, and this drops: It's official: #Google has violated antitrust law for paying to keep its search engine the default on browsers and mobile. | Es oficial: Google mantiene un monopolio ilegal sobre el mercado de buscadores bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Important news for #digitalads on search from this ruling: Google has blocked competition in the search ads market, and its monopoly power enables it to set ad prices without consider what other "competitors" do. Thus, it can overcharge advertisers without losing business.

Will back later with more tidbits. Overall, the ruling reflects Judge Mehta's comments/reactions during closing arguments day, especially when he asked Google, almost out of frustration, "Is there real competition to become a default search engine?" techpolicy.press/us-vs-google-c…

For those seeking to understand what the Google Search trial was all about see Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social's Tech Policy Press piece at the outset of the trial

A highlight reel of day 1 of the Fubo hearing against Disney, WB, and Fox before I head in for day 2. The case concerns the launch of the new live sports streaming service, Venu Sports, that threatens to upend the live television markets that sports content underpins. 🧵

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is 'discontinuing' after Elon Musk's X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it. Looks like a SLAPP to me businessinsider.com/ad-group-to-su… via @businessinsider

The Must-Carry Solution for the Media’s Google Problem washingtonmonthly.com/2024/08/22/the…