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LBRY Cryptocurrency Prosecution Shows SEC’s Misplaced Priorities

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LBRY Cryptocurrency Prosecution Shows SEC’s Misplaced Priorities

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 04/12/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), without authorization from Congress or from formal rulemaking, continues its punitive push against blockchain-based companies that sell native tokens…

Banking and Finance

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/12/2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen floated the idea of a global minimum corporate tax and Amazon workers in Alabama voted against unionizing. The Biden…

Deregulation

More Good News on the Road to Ending the Pandemic

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More Good News on the Road to Ending the Pandemic

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/01/2021

A new study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which shows that a single dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna…

Healthcare

Are Janus Violations a RICO Matter?

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Are Janus Violations a RICO Matter?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/31/2021

Ever since the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME that public sector workers cannot be forced to financially support unions, labor groups…

Labor and Employment

Decentralization Offers a Way out of the Social Media Content Wars

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Decentralization Offers a Way out of the Social Media Content Wars

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/26/2021

Thursday brought another politically charged installment of “a tale of two hearings” about online content moderation in the House of Representatives. Republicans scolded big…

Innovation

As California Goes on Regulation, so (Unfortunately) Goes the Nation

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As California Goes on Regulation, so (Unfortunately) Goes the Nation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/19/2021

Last month, a federal judge upheld California’s net neutrality regulations. That led to AT&T’s announcement this week that they will no longer exempt…

Telecommunications

Lawmakers Should Tread Carefully When Trying to Balance Privacy with Security

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Lawmakers Should Tread Carefully When Trying to Balance Privacy with Security

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/18/2021

It’s been said that a compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest…

Privacy and Cybersecurity

Those Who Forget the Antitrust Mistakes of the Past Are Bound to Repeat Them

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Those Who Forget the Antitrust Mistakes of the Past Are Bound to Repeat Them

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/12/2021

Yesterday’s Senate antitrust hearing was broad in its discussion of reforms, but one point deserves clarification. A witness from Open Markets centered much of…

Antitrust

Virginia, Famed for Its Ham, Delivers a Turkey on Privacy

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Virginia, Famed for Its Ham, Delivers a Turkey on Privacy

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/09/2021

The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate recently passed consumer privacy legislation, the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill has elements similar to its…

Privacy and Cybersecurity

New Legislation Aims to Give More Power to Antitrust Enforcers

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New Legislation Aims to Give More Power to Antitrust Enforcers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/04/2021

Today, incoming head of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act. The contents of…

Capitalism

The Danger in Blurring the Private and Public Boundaries with Government Regulation

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The Danger in Blurring the Private and Public Boundaries with Government Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, Jessica Melugin
  • 01/11/2021

The recent decisions of many technology companies to remove users and customers from their platforms have deeply divided Americans. Many Americans feel censored and discriminated…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Amazon’s Private Labels Don’t Threaten Competition

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Amazon’s Private Labels Don’t Threaten Competition

  • By: Iain Murray, Jessica Melugin
  • 12/23/2020

A recent Wall Street Journal article raises concerns about Amazon’s generics offerings and the online retailer’s business practices surrounding diaper sales. In evaluating…

Antitrust

Facebook Antitrust Suits Disregard Consumer Welfare

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Facebook Antitrust Suits Disregard Consumer Welfare

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/09/2020

Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 48 state attorneys general announced antitrust suits against Facebook, asserting the social media company’s acquisitions of…

Tech and Telecom

On Online Speech, Sasse Stands Alone

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On Online Speech, Sasse Stands Alone

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/18/2020

There was an almost total lack of skepticism of expanding government regulation of online content moderation at yesterday’s Senate hearing with the CEOs of…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Biden Tech Policy Preview

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Biden Tech Policy Preview

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/09/2020

Joe Biden has been declared the president-elect (I’m pretty sure). Here’s what a Biden administration and a (presumably) divided Congress might mean for tech issues.

Tech and Telecom

SAFE DATA Act a Risk for Consumers

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SAFE DATA Act a Risk for Consumers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 09/22/2020

Republican members of the Senate Commerce Committee recently introduced the SAFE DATA Act. While the bill includes much needed federal preemption of state privacy laws,…

Tech and Telecom

Don’t Panic Over Ad Tech

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Don’t Panic Over Ad Tech

  • By: Jessica Melugin, Mario Loyola
  • 09/14/2020

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an antitrust hearing on September 15 to examine Google’s 90 percent market share in online advertising. Senators who would…

Tech and Telecom

No Market Failure, No New Regulations

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No Market Failure, No New Regulations

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 09/09/2020

The U.S. Senate is about to consider federally regulating transportation network companies (TNCs) for the first time. But proof of market failure should always be…

Tech and Telecom

INFORM Me When It’s Over

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INFORM Me When It’s Over

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 09/03/2020

Among other depressing developments, 2020 saw the introduction of the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (INFORM) in both houses…

Tech and Telecom

Tech Antitrust Hearing as Political Theater

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Tech Antitrust Hearing as Political Theater

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 07/29/2020

Large, innovative tech companies have been invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis, helping to ease the burden of millions of Americans and businesses under quarantine. But…

Antitrust

Antitrust Tech Hearing Unlikely to Prove Useful

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Antitrust Tech Hearing Unlikely to Prove Useful

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 07/23/2020

Monday’s upcoming House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing featuring CEOs from Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple may turn out to have very little to do with antitrust.

Antitrust

Is Apple a Bad Antitrust Apple?

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Is Apple a Bad Antitrust Apple?

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/22/2020

The European Union announced last week that it is pursuing two antitrust probes against the tech giant. EU authorities are investigating whether Apple violated European…

Antitrust

Calls to “Reform” Section 230 of Communications Decency Act Are Misguided—and Thankfully Unlikely to Succeed

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Calls to “Reform” Section 230 of Communications Decency Act Are Misguided—and Thankfully Unlikely to Succeed

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/11/2020

This week, four U.S. Senators asked the FCC to “take a fresh look at Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act .” Real changes…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Executive Order on Social Media Threatens Property Rights and Free Speech

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Executive Order on Social Media Threatens Property Rights and Free Speech

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 05/28/2020

Today’s Executive Order on Section 230 liability protections for online platforms violates the First Amendment and property rights of social media companies, contradicts the most…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Presidential Panel on Social Media Bias Misfires

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Presidential Panel on Social Media Bias Misfires

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 05/26/2020

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is considering forming a panel to investigate charges of discrimination against right-leaning users and…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Antitrust Investigation of Amazon Won’t Benefit Consumers

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Antitrust Investigation of Amazon Won’t Benefit Consumers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/29/2020

Launching another antitrust investigation into Amazon won’t benefit consumers. The U.S. antitrust law standard is consumer harm. To stretch antitrust investigations to include data, privacy,…

Antitrust

Market Dynamics Will Force Zoom to Reform Faster and More effectively than Government Regulation

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Market Dynamics Will Force Zoom to Reform Faster and More effectively than Government Regulation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/21/2020

The videoconferencing service Zoom recently ran into some privacy concerns with leaked videos and hacked online meetings. Reaction has been swift and flawed from many…

Antitrust

On Balance, We’re All Better Off With Big Tech and Big Telecom During a Crisis

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On Balance, We’re All Better Off With Big Tech and Big Telecom During a Crisis

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/15/2020

Thanks to the novel Coronavirus, the U.S. economy has come to an unprecedented halt and the country’s death toll stands at more than 20,000. Amid…

Tech and Telecom

Antitrust Policy #NeverNeeded and Dangerous in a Crisis

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Antitrust Policy #NeverNeeded and Dangerous in a Crisis

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/01/2020

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission will now allow some collaboration between companies to address the corona virus health threat. They also warned a…

Antitrust

Regulatory Restraint, Full Throttle

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Regulatory Restraint, Full Throttle

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/31/2020

Members of Congress pursuing compromise or bipartisan net neutrality legislation should think twice about regulating away certain practices as a priori harmful. Among the greatest…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

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