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Last week, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes’ called for governments to use antitrust laws to break up his former company. Why? Because he doesn’t like Mark Zuckerberg as CEO, and Democrats lost the presidency in 2016. This is antitrust getting personal and political, and it’s not good. Read the full post "Antitrust shouldn't be personal or [...]
There is a rising chorus among Democrats that the US should use antitrust laws to break up Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren’s plan is to break up those companies and turn what’s left into federally regulated utility platforms. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is backing the plan. Another presidential hopeful, John Hickenlooper, has [...]
The electric utility is seeing rapid changes and threats that affect consumers, from more wind and solar to wildfires. How they react depends in large part on regulators. Read Dr. Ted Kury's full article on The Conversation.
I agree with presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor from Indiana who wants to be our country’s next president. Or at least I agree with his statement at a CNN town hall meeting: “Antitrust law as we know it has begun to hit its limits with regulating tech companies.” Read the full post "Buttigieg, Sprint/T-Mobile, [...]
Facebook's efforts to develop an underwater data cable encircling Africa to deliver internet to the continent serve as an excellent example of why net neutrality regulations are misguided. Read "Facebook tells us why net neutrality regulation is a bad idea" on AEI.