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All Social Media Will Need to Moderate Content

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All Social Media Will Need to Moderate Content

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/23/2022

Roughly a year after being booted off the most popular social media networks, former President Trump launched his own digital platform last weekend, Truth…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Staying the Course for Liberty

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Staying the Course for Liberty

  • By: Jessica Melugin, Kent Lassman
  • 02/16/2022

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we focus on policy issues ranging from tech and telecommunications to energy and the environment to financial regulation and monetary…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Don’t EARN IT

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Don’t EARN IT

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/09/2022

Bad policy made with good intentions still delivers poor results. That is the case with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies…

Tech and Telecom

Protect Consumers, Not Competitors

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Protect Consumers, Not Competitors

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/03/2022

The Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) is the latest in a parade of antitrust legislation aimed at reining in “big tech” companies that…

Tech and Telecom

A Dangerous Antitrust Game for Microsoft and Consumers

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A Dangerous Antitrust Game for Microsoft and Consumers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/25/2022

Microsoft’s couldn’t have picked a more inauspicious day to announce its planned acquisition of gaming company, Activision Blizzard. The news came concurrently with antitrust regulators…

Antitrust

The American Innovation and Choice Online Act Would Regulate Away Consumer Benefits

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The American Innovation and Choice Online Act Would Regulate Away Consumer Benefits

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/19/2022

Perhaps Congress’ enthusiasm for ongoing government oversight of business decisions, embodied in tomorrow’s closed door markup of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act…

Antitrust

In Russia, Government Tells Internet What to Say

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In Russia, Government Tells Internet What to Say

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/18/2022

As a general rule, if you’re on the same regulatory page as Russia, you should probably turn the page—if not set fire to it. But…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

An Option Isn’t an Option When It’s Mandatory, Even Online

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An Option Isn’t an Option When It’s Mandatory, Even Online

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/06/2022

Later this year, Instagram users will have the option of a chronological feed of the accounts they follow. This option is already available to…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

New York State of Mind Wrong on Social Media Regulation

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New York State of Mind Wrong on Social Media Regulation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/03/2022

Recent injunctions, in both Florida and Texas, against state-level social media laws championed by Republicans illustrate the difficulties of regulating content moderation online.

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act Will Harm Innovation and Competition

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The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act Will Harm Innovation and Competition

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/16/2021

At yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights entitled, “The Impact of Consolidation and Monopoly Power in American…

Social Media in Parallel Universes

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Social Media in Parallel Universes

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/02/2021

The chasm between the political discourse at yesterday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on social media platforms and the legal decision…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Facebook Leaks Are Hardly Newsworthy

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Facebook Leaks Are Hardly Newsworthy

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/26/2021

The frenzied media coverage of Facebook document leaks seems to confuse hosting disagreeable content with the platform being the cause of humanity’s ills. Worries…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Let the Market Make Corrections and Leave the Red Tape out of It

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Let the Market Make Corrections and Leave the Red Tape out of It

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/01/2021

YouTube banned anti-vaccine content on its platform, Instagram is accused of being “toxic” for its teen users, and Facebook’s Oversight Board is routinely…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Texas May Still Be the Wild West, But Its Social Media Shouldn’t Be

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Texas May Still Be the Wild West, But Its Social Media Shouldn’t Be

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 09/13/2021

The Texas legislature passed and Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law H.B. 20, which he described as “safeguarding the freedom of speech by…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

ABA Antitrust Event with Jessica Melugin

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ABA Antitrust Event with Jessica Melugin

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/22/2021

On Monday, June 28, at 1 pm EDT, I’ll be joining the American Bar Association for an antitrust event entitled, “Big Tech in the Cross-Hairs:…

Tech and Telecom

Why Increase the Cost and Scope of Antitrust?

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Why Increase the Cost and Scope of Antitrust?

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/17/2021

Widely regarded as the least controversial of the five antitrust bills introduced in the House last week, the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act would…

Antitrust

Platform Competition and Opportunity Act Is An Innovation Killer That Won’t Serve Consumers

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Platform Competition and Opportunity Act Is An Innovation Killer That Won’t Serve Consumers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/16/2021

One of five antitrust bills introduced last week, The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, would prohibit leading tech platforms from acquiring companies that are…

Antitrust

ACCESS Bill Would Increase Consumer Privacy Risks and Stifle Innovation

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ACCESS Bill Would Increase Consumer Privacy Risks and Stifle Innovation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/16/2021

One of five antitrust bills introduced last week, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act (they did a lot of heavy…

Innovation

PRO-SPEECH Act Seeks to Reintroduce Problem Solved 25 Years Ago

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PRO-SPEECH Act Seeks to Reintroduce Problem Solved 25 Years Ago

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/15/2021

For those generally skeptical of Congress’ ability to make good policy, the existence of Section 230 in the 1996 Communications Decency Act evokes a…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Overboard over the Oversight Board

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Overboard over the Oversight Board

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 05/06/2021

Yesterday’s decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board that the company was correct in restricting then-President Trump’s ability to post on January 7, 2021 and that…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

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

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