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Big Tech’s playbook? It includes:
📊 Encouraging market concentration
📲 Limiting consumer choice
👩💼 Undermining worker protections and employer accountability
🔏 Threatening data privacy and security
Enough.
Join the fight: nextgencomp.tech
📊 Encouraging market concentration
📲 Limiting consumer choice
👩💼 Undermining worker protections and employer accountability
🔏 Threatening data privacy and security
Enough.
Join the fight: nextgencomp.tech
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Working to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem that empowers consumers, workers, and small businesses.
nextgencomp.tech
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Big Tech’s playbook? It includes:
📊 Encouraging market concentration
📲 Limiting consumer choice
👩💼 Undermining worker protections and employer accountability
🔏 Threatening data privacy and security
Enough.
Join the fight: nextgencomp.tech
📊 Encouraging market concentration
📲 Limiting consumer choice
👩💼 Undermining worker protections and employer accountability
🔏 Threatening data privacy and security
Enough.
Join the fight: nextgencomp.tech
Recent outcomes may dampen expectations, but make no mistake: Google is, was, and will remain a monopolist without real intervention. ⚖️
It’s long past time to break up Big Tech. Consumers, competition, and innovation will all benefit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
It’s long past time to break up Big Tech. Consumers, competition, and innovation will all benefit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Recent outcomes may dampen expectations, but make no mistake: Google is, was, and will remain a monopolist without real intervention. ⚖️
It’s long past time to break up Big Tech. Consumers, competition, and innovation will all benefit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
It’s long past time to break up Big Tech. Consumers, competition, and innovation will all benefit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Unfortunately, Brian Boyle is right. Tech giants see every hand-slap as an invitation to do more damage. 😒
Read the full story: www.thedailyupside.com/technology/b...
Read the full story: www.thedailyupside.com/technology/b...
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Unfortunately, Brian Boyle is right. Tech giants see every hand-slap as an invitation to do more damage. 😒
Read the full story: www.thedailyupside.com/technology/b...
Read the full story: www.thedailyupside.com/technology/b...
One word to describe Zuck: yuck. 🤢
Meta executives should be ashamed of themselves.
Meta executives should be ashamed of themselves.
Meta knowingly let millions of adult strangers contact minors.
The same company that allowed its AI to have sexual conversations with children.
The same company behind a super PAC that’s trying to stop states from enacting commonsense safeguards for AI.
The same company that allowed its AI to have sexual conversations with children.
The same company behind a super PAC that’s trying to stop states from enacting commonsense safeguards for AI.
🚨 NEWLY UNSEALED DOCS:
Meta had a 17-STRIKE policy for sexual predators and sex traffickers on its platforms.
Docs also have smoking-gun proof that Meta lied to Congress about correlation between its dangerous products and increased anxiety and depression.
Meta had a 17-STRIKE policy for sexual predators and sex traffickers on its platforms.
Docs also have smoking-gun proof that Meta lied to Congress about correlation between its dangerous products and increased anxiety and depression.
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
One word to describe Zuck: yuck. 🤢
Meta executives should be ashamed of themselves.
Meta executives should be ashamed of themselves.
ICYMI: Last week, we dropped our November recap, which included the launch of our Q&A series with antimonopoly attorney, advocate, and Illinois congressional candidate @reedforcongress.bsky.social. 🇺🇲
Check it out on Substack: nextgencompetition.substack.com/p/top-hat-an...
Check it out on Substack: nextgencompetition.substack.com/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - November 2025
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
nextgencompetition.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ICYMI: Last week, we dropped our November recap, which included the launch of our Q&A series with antimonopoly attorney, advocate, and Illinois congressional candidate @reedforcongress.bsky.social. 🇺🇲
Check it out on Substack: nextgencompetition.substack.com/p/top-hat-an...
Check it out on Substack: nextgencompetition.substack.com/p/top-hat-an...
As we close out Black Friday, we hope you shopped smart –unlike our President, who purchased $82 million in bonds over the last few months, including from Big Tech. 🙄
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...
Trump buys at least $82 million in bonds since late August, including from Big Tech
Trump’s new bond investments span several industries, including sectors that have already benefited, or are benefiting, from his administration’s policy changes such as financial deregulation.
www.thehindu.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As we close out Black Friday, we hope you shopped smart –unlike our President, who purchased $82 million in bonds over the last few months, including from Big Tech. 🙄
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...
Today, we’re grateful for public servants like @linamkhan.bsky.social, who work tirelessly to hold monopolies accountable, and for the next generation of leaders, like @reedforcongress.bsky.social, stepping up to protect competition, innovation, and democracy.
Thanks for being in this fight! 💪
Thanks for being in this fight! 💪
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today, we’re grateful for public servants like @linamkhan.bsky.social, who work tirelessly to hold monopolies accountable, and for the next generation of leaders, like @reedforcongress.bsky.social, stepping up to protect competition, innovation, and democracy.
Thanks for being in this fight! 💪
Thanks for being in this fight! 💪
ICYMI: Last week, we were proud to join @econliberties.bsky.social led-effort to urge state attorneys general to appeal the Google remedies decision.
We need structural solutions, not symbolic remedies. 💪🏼
nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec0...
We need structural solutions, not symbolic remedies. 💪🏼
nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec0...
Coalition Urges State Attorneys General to Appeal Google Remedies Decision
As Google integrates Gemini into Chrome and strikes deals to power Siri, it’s clear that its dominance is expanding, not shrinking. Our growing coalition, led by the American Economic Liberties Projec...
nextgencomp.tech
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICYMI: Last week, we were proud to join @econliberties.bsky.social led-effort to urge state attorneys general to appeal the Google remedies decision.
We need structural solutions, not symbolic remedies. 💪🏼
nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec0...
We need structural solutions, not symbolic remedies. 💪🏼
nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec0...
We’re thrilled to launch our Q&A series with @reedforcongress.bsky.social: attorney, advocate, and congressional candidate from Illinois’ 7th District. 🇺🇲
He spoke about the affordability crisis, tackling monopolies, and why Big Tech's power needs to be checked. ⚖️
nextgencomp.tech/blog/qanda-w...
He spoke about the affordability crisis, tackling monopolies, and why Big Tech's power needs to be checked. ⚖️
nextgencomp.tech/blog/qanda-w...
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We’re thrilled to launch our Q&A series with @reedforcongress.bsky.social: attorney, advocate, and congressional candidate from Illinois’ 7th District. 🇺🇲
He spoke about the affordability crisis, tackling monopolies, and why Big Tech's power needs to be checked. ⚖️
nextgencomp.tech/blog/qanda-w...
He spoke about the affordability crisis, tackling monopolies, and why Big Tech's power needs to be checked. ⚖️
nextgencomp.tech/blog/qanda-w...
Reposted by NextGen Competition
Courts alone cannot check the corrupting influence of billionaires or challenge the market & political power of the largest corporations.
We need legislators like @reedforcongress.bsky.social who can take up this challenge.
See ⬇️ for the full Q&A
@nextgencompetition.bsky.social
We need legislators like @reedforcongress.bsky.social who can take up this challenge.
See ⬇️ for the full Q&A
@nextgencompetition.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Courts alone cannot check the corrupting influence of billionaires or challenge the market & political power of the largest corporations.
We need legislators like @reedforcongress.bsky.social who can take up this challenge.
See ⬇️ for the full Q&A
@nextgencompetition.bsky.social
We need legislators like @reedforcongress.bsky.social who can take up this challenge.
See ⬇️ for the full Q&A
@nextgencompetition.bsky.social
ICYMI: Last week, alongside dozens of orgs, we were proud to join @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social on an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC exists to serve the public, not corporate profit. 🙅🏻♂️
Full brief: nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec3...
The FTC exists to serve the public, not corporate profit. 🙅🏻♂️
Full brief: nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec3...
NextGen Joins 40 Consumer Protection and Privacy Groups in Amicus Brief Challenging Trump’s Attempted Firing of FTC Commissioner
Alongside 39 other consumer protection, data privacy, and competition groups from 10 states and the District of Columbia, NextGen joined the effort to submit an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, a c...
nextgencomp.tech
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ICYMI: Last week, alongside dozens of orgs, we were proud to join @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social on an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC exists to serve the public, not corporate profit. 🙅🏻♂️
Full brief: nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec3...
The FTC exists to serve the public, not corporate profit. 🙅🏻♂️
Full brief: nextgencomp.tech/letters/rec3...
If you’re not a celebrity with a massive platform, what’s your recourse when Google or Meta publishes false, reputation‑killing claims about you?
Big Tech has no customer service line for regular people and no accountability either. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Big Tech has no customer service line for regular people and no accountability either. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you’re not a celebrity with a massive platform, what’s your recourse when Google or Meta publishes false, reputation‑killing claims about you?
Big Tech has no customer service line for regular people and no accountability either. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Big Tech has no customer service line for regular people and no accountability either. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social, we're proud to join an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social, we're proud to join an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
Big Tech isn’t just corroding the internet, it’s coming for Hollywood, too, as Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are reportedly circling Warner Bros. Discovery. 👀
If past mergers are any guide, expect fewer voices, more consolidation, and an industry ruled by tech giants.
www.theverge.com/news/805387/...
If past mergers are any guide, expect fewer voices, more consolidation, and an industry ruled by tech giants.
www.theverge.com/news/805387/...
Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are reportedly interested in buying Warner Bros.
The Warner Bros. bidding war is on.
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Big Tech isn’t just corroding the internet, it’s coming for Hollywood, too, as Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are reportedly circling Warner Bros. Discovery. 👀
If past mergers are any guide, expect fewer voices, more consolidation, and an industry ruled by tech giants.
www.theverge.com/news/805387/...
If past mergers are any guide, expect fewer voices, more consolidation, and an industry ruled by tech giants.
www.theverge.com/news/805387/...
ICYMI: We dropped our October recap last week, covering everything from @sumitecon.bsky.social's take on AI and competition to Big Tech’s biggest lobbyist in Congress 😒
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - October 2025
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ICYMI: We dropped our October recap last week, covering everything from @sumitecon.bsky.social's take on AI and competition to Big Tech’s biggest lobbyist in Congress 😒
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Anyone else concerned that tech giants are investing billions of dollars in data centers that wreak havoc on communities for a nascent technology? 🤯
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anyone else concerned that tech giants are investing billions of dollars in data centers that wreak havoc on communities for a nascent technology? 🤯
Excellent piece from @capitalb.bsky.social on how Big Tech’s unquenchable thirst for data is affecting black communities in the South, and how they’re fighting back 💪🏾
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Excellent piece from @capitalb.bsky.social on how Big Tech’s unquenchable thirst for data is affecting black communities in the South, and how they’re fighting back 💪🏾
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
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Some reflections on two key ingredients identified by this year's economic Nobel prize winners for technological progress to result in sustained economic growth in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social latest newsletter
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - October 2025
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Some reflections on two key ingredients identified by this year's economic Nobel prize winners for technological progress to result in sustained economic growth in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social latest newsletter
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
In @inc.com, Lindsey Witmer Collins highlights why the remedies decision was such a letdown, why we can’t leave it up to Congress or the tech giants to act responsibly, and why judges should be held to a higher standard. ⚖️
Read more: www.inc.com/lindsey-witm...
Read more: www.inc.com/lindsey-witm...
Google’s Monopoly Survives Antitrust Ruling
Big tech rulings are allowing monopolies to continue.
www.inc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In @inc.com, Lindsey Witmer Collins highlights why the remedies decision was such a letdown, why we can’t leave it up to Congress or the tech giants to act responsibly, and why judges should be held to a higher standard. ⚖️
Read more: www.inc.com/lindsey-witm...
Read more: www.inc.com/lindsey-witm...
Our October newsletter is live! 🗞️ AI and competition, Big Tech’s most effective lobbyist in Congress, bending the knee for a ballroom, and more.
Read the latest on Substack: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read the latest on Substack: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - October 2025
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our October newsletter is live! 🗞️ AI and competition, Big Tech’s most effective lobbyist in Congress, bending the knee for a ballroom, and more.
Read the latest on Substack: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read the latest on Substack: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
These layoffs may be a drop in the bucket while Amazon realizes “efficiency gains,” but these are 14,000 individuals who will lose their jobs at the hands of a tech giant worth almost $3 trillion dollars.
Shameful. 😠
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Shameful. 😠
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
What Amazon’s 14,000 job cuts say about a new era of corporate downsizing
Executives have echoed Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s talking points, tying their job cuts to expected gains from AI and the need for more nimble operations.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
These layoffs may be a drop in the bucket while Amazon realizes “efficiency gains,” but these are 14,000 individuals who will lose their jobs at the hands of a tech giant worth almost $3 trillion dollars.
Shameful. 😠
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Shameful. 😠
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
As Former AAG for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter says, “Looking ahead, energy, power is going to be an extremely important area of focus for antitrust enforcers.”
Read more about the antitrust implications of the data center boom from Edith Hancock ⬇️
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/data...
Read more about the antitrust implications of the data center boom from Edith Hancock ⬇️
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/data...
Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue
As tech giants pour billions into data centers to cope with unrelenting demand, regulators are taking note. Jonathan Kanter, a former top official at the U.S. DOJ’s trustbusting division, expects it t...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As Former AAG for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter says, “Looking ahead, energy, power is going to be an extremely important area of focus for antitrust enforcers.”
Read more about the antitrust implications of the data center boom from Edith Hancock ⬇️
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/data...
Read more about the antitrust implications of the data center boom from Edith Hancock ⬇️
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/data...
In @thebaffler.com, Lizzie O'Shea outlines the complexities of the antitrust landscape under the Trump administration, and why any alliance might not be as strong as it appears. ⚖️
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In @thebaffler.com, Lizzie O'Shea outlines the complexities of the antitrust landscape under the Trump administration, and why any alliance might not be as strong as it appears. ⚖️
“Just as the Constitution creates checks and balances in our government, anti-monopoly laws create checks against concentrations of economic power.”
🔥🔥🔥
Excellent wrap-up of Lina Khan's 2025 Stone Lecture on Economic Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Excellent wrap-up of Lina Khan's 2025 Stone Lecture on Economic Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Shielding Americans from corporate ‘tyranny’ — Harvard Gazette
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan highlights agency’s role in checking concentrated economic power.
news.harvard.edu
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Just as the Constitution creates checks and balances in our government, anti-monopoly laws create checks against concentrations of economic power.”
🔥🔥🔥
Excellent wrap-up of Lina Khan's 2025 Stone Lecture on Economic Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
🔥🔥🔥
Excellent wrap-up of Lina Khan's 2025 Stone Lecture on Economic Inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking Meta to court for allegedly enabling child exploitation through its algorithms.
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking Meta to court for allegedly enabling child exploitation through its algorithms.
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...