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The European Commission announced aggressive enforcement actions against Google today to protect AI competition and democracy. The moves follow similarly bold and laudable action against Meta last week.
Our full statement from Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships Director @maxvonthun.bsky.social:
Our full statement from Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships Director @maxvonthun.bsky.social:
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The European Commission announced aggressive enforcement actions against Google today to protect AI competition and democracy. The moves follow similarly bold and laudable action against Meta last week.
Our full statement from Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships Director @maxvonthun.bsky.social:
Our full statement from Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships Director @maxvonthun.bsky.social:
In today's @capitolforum.bsky.social newsletter, policy counsel Tara Pincock urges states to continue pushing for real accountability against corporations like RealPage that are blatantly violating basic price-fixing laws. thecapitolforum.com/the-forum/th...
The Forum Newsletter | December 6, 2025 - The Capitol Forum
Dear Reader, In this issue of The Forum, we present analysis and commentary from experts across law, policy, and industry, examining the evolving relationship between technology, regulation, and marke...
thecapitolforum.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In today's @capitolforum.bsky.social newsletter, policy counsel Tara Pincock urges states to continue pushing for real accountability against corporations like RealPage that are blatantly violating basic price-fixing laws. thecapitolforum.com/the-forum/th...
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments about the illegal firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
As we laid out in an amicus brief, precedent and the clear meaning of the constitution demands the court reject the gutting of independent agencies.
As we laid out in an amicus brief, precedent and the clear meaning of the constitution demands the court reject the gutting of independent agencies.
Open Markets Files Amicus Brief Defending Congress’s Constitutional Authority to Limit Presidential Removal Power and Protect the Federal Trade Commission — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief led by Policy Counsel Tara Pincock, Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan, and Jamie Crooks of Fairmark Partners defending Congress’s authority under the...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments about the illegal firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
As we laid out in an amicus brief, precedent and the clear meaning of the constitution demands the court reject the gutting of independent agencies.
As we laid out in an amicus brief, precedent and the clear meaning of the constitution demands the court reject the gutting of independent agencies.
Europe is fining X for many of the reasons people hate X under Elon Musk.
JD Vance has it wrong: enforcing platform integrity and transparency strengthens free speech & democracy, not the other way around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
JD Vance has it wrong: enforcing platform integrity and transparency strengthens free speech & democracy, not the other way around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
EU hits Elon Musk's X with $140 million fine over business practices
The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Europe is fining X for many of the reasons people hate X under Elon Musk.
JD Vance has it wrong: enforcing platform integrity and transparency strengthens free speech & democracy, not the other way around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
JD Vance has it wrong: enforcing platform integrity and transparency strengthens free speech & democracy, not the other way around.
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
Netflix’s bid to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming business is a raw deal for viewers, writers, creators, theaters.
Our full statement is here: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Our full statement is here: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Consolidating Streaming Under Netflix Is Bad for Everyone. US Antitrust Authorities Should Flip the Script & Promote Industry Independence — Open Markets Institute
Netflix’s bid to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming business is a raw deal for viewers, writers, creators, theaters. Karina Montoya weighs in.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Netflix’s bid to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming business is a raw deal for viewers, writers, creators, theaters.
Our full statement is here: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Our full statement is here: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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A Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery deal is a raw one, especially for writers, directors, and other workers.
US antitrust authorities can and should oppose it.
US antitrust authorities can and should oppose it.
This "reshaping" is the creation of a new global gatekeeper of stories, voices, and creators' IP. Netflix will control 100+ years of filmmaking catalogue, w/no interest in theaters. We ought to believe they will not kill HBO? Not fire writers?
Worst part is, Netflix's...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Worst part is, Netflix's...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. After Split for $72 Billion
The deal would reshape the entertainment and media industry, but it is set to face scrutiny from lawmakers.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery deal is a raw one, especially for writers, directors, and other workers.
US antitrust authorities can and should oppose it.
US antitrust authorities can and should oppose it.
This week in The Corner, industrial policy manager Audrey Stienon digs into the political and practical consequences of America's coercive trade policies toward the EU and the bloc's subsequent backtracking on important climate initiatives. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
The Corner Newsletter: The Corner Newsletter: Europe Retreats from Cornerstone Carbon Pricing Policy (December 2, 2025) — Open Markets Institute
In this issue, we take a closer look at whether Trump tariff policies are the only reason Europe might moderate a key carbon pricing mechanism, which lies at the heart of its climate change policy.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week in The Corner, industrial policy manager Audrey Stienon digs into the political and practical consequences of America's coercive trade policies toward the EU and the bloc's subsequent backtracking on important climate initiatives. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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Unclear if this is actually policy or just Trump shooting from the hip. But we agree that that the broadcast ownership cap should NOT be lifted. Broadcast is already highly consolidated.
Stay tuned 📺
Stay tuned 📺
Tegna shares fall 5% after Trump criticizes lifting local TV ownership cap reut.rs/3LZAiwj
Tegna shares fall 5% after Trump criticizes lifting local TV ownership cap
Shares in Tegna fell 5.5% on Monday after President Donald Trump criticized a proposal to lift the current cap on local television station ownership, which is necessary for the company to be acquired by Nexstar Media.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Unclear if this is actually policy or just Trump shooting from the hip. But we agree that that the broadcast ownership cap should NOT be lifted. Broadcast is already highly consolidated.
Stay tuned 📺
Stay tuned 📺
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Policymakers at all levels have options to make food markets more fair & competitive to stabilize prices for the long run. This includes fair pricing policy like the RobinsonPatman Act, public option grocery stores & wholesalers, and banning surveillance pricing, price-fixing, and exclusive dealing.
Your Thanksgiving guide to fairer food prices, from @clairek.bsky.social and Food & Power: 🦃🌽
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New Expert Brief -- Creating Fair Food Markets for Affordable Groceries — Open Markets Institute
Creating Fair Food Markets for Affordable Groceries, an expert brief by Food Systems manager Claire Kelloway, shares how policymakers at all levels of government can hold food corporations to account...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Policymakers at all levels have options to make food markets more fair & competitive to stabilize prices for the long run. This includes fair pricing policy like the RobinsonPatman Act, public option grocery stores & wholesalers, and banning surveillance pricing, price-fixing, and exclusive dealing.
How corporate consolidation has impacted the price of your Thanksgiving turkey, from @clairek.bsky.social: foodandpower.substack.com/p/bird-flu-h...
Bird Flu Hits a Consolidated Turkey Industry Ahead of Thanksgiving
Just three companies sell roughly half of all turkeys. Excessive consolidation increases the risk of price-fixing and harmful supply chain disruptions, both of which have come to roost in the turkey i...
foodandpower.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
How corporate consolidation has impacted the price of your Thanksgiving turkey, from @clairek.bsky.social: foodandpower.substack.com/p/bird-flu-h...
Your Thanksgiving guide to fairer food prices, from @clairek.bsky.social and Food & Power: 🦃🌽
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
New Expert Brief -- Creating Fair Food Markets for Affordable Groceries — Open Markets Institute
Creating Fair Food Markets for Affordable Groceries, an expert brief by Food Systems manager Claire Kelloway, shares how policymakers at all levels of government can hold food corporations to account...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Your Thanksgiving guide to fairer food prices, from @clairek.bsky.social and Food & Power: 🦃🌽
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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you can read a 1000 word story on these mergers without the journalist EVER mentioning the fact that almost every merger like this has resulted in oodles of debt, layoffs, chaos, frustration, and shittier product
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
And So It Begins: Paramount, Netflix And Comcast Formally Submit Bids For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount, Comcast and Netflix have submitted bids to acquire all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, ushering in a dramatic period of evolution for the media business.
deadline.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
you can read a 1000 word story on these mergers without the journalist EVER mentioning the fact that almost every merger like this has resulted in oodles of debt, layoffs, chaos, frustration, and shittier product
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
Your reminder that an administration and FTC that claimed it would prioritize workers is choosing not to defend the ban on abusive non-compete agreements.
Read more from Sandeep Vaheesan & @bedoyausa.bsky.social in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Read more from Sandeep Vaheesan & @bedoyausa.bsky.social in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
The Trump Administration’s Latest Assault on Workers
Sandeep Vaheesan & Alvaro Bedoya denounce the Federal Trade Commission's decision to stop defending a rule banning non-compete clauses.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Your reminder that an administration and FTC that claimed it would prioritize workers is choosing not to defend the ban on abusive non-compete agreements.
Read more from Sandeep Vaheesan & @bedoyausa.bsky.social in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Read more from Sandeep Vaheesan & @bedoyausa.bsky.social in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
The many things you didn't know about public grocery stores.
Read it on Food & Power's substack here: foodandpower.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
Read it on Food & Power's substack here: foodandpower.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
What Mamdani Can Learn from Past and Present Public Grocery Projects
Cities, small towns, and the federal government have all tried running public food markets and grocery stores. New York City can learn from the military commissary system and benefit from Robinson-Pat...
foodandpower.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The many things you didn't know about public grocery stores.
Read it on Food & Power's substack here: foodandpower.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
Read it on Food & Power's substack here: foodandpower.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
As with so many things, the key to addressing exploding electricity costs in the US: break up the powerful entities keeping those costs high.
NEW from Sandeep Vaheesan in @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
NEW from Sandeep Vaheesan in @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
How to Lower Energy Costs: Break Up the Electrical-Grid Cabal
Seven obscure regional transmission organizations control huge parts of the country’s electrical grid.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
As with so many things, the key to addressing exploding electricity costs in the US: break up the powerful entities keeping those costs high.
NEW from Sandeep Vaheesan in @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
NEW from Sandeep Vaheesan in @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
We teamed up with a range of public interest groups to urge state AGs to appeal the incredibly weak, insufficient remedies to address Google's monopoly over search.
www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
States Must Appeal Judge Mehta’s Feckless Remedies Decision in Google Search Case, Advocates Urge - States Must Appeal Judge Mehta’s Feckless Remedies Decision in Google Search Case, Advocates Urge
Following Judge Amit Mehta's decision in September on remedies in U.S. v. Google search, in which he declined to terminate the tech giant's monopoly despite finding last year that Google illegally mai...
www.economicliberties.us
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We teamed up with a range of public interest groups to urge state AGs to appeal the incredibly weak, insufficient remedies to address Google's monopoly over search.
www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
Today’s ruling from the D.C. District Court in favor of Meta is profoundly misguided. The court is wrong on the facts & the law, and the FTC should appeal.
Statement from our policy counsel @tarap.bsky.social here:
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Statement from our policy counsel @tarap.bsky.social here:
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
U.S. Court Fails to Apply Antitrust Law in Meta Case — Open Markets Institute
Open Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released a statement on the misguided ruling on the FTC’s case regarding Meta’s monopoly in social media.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today’s ruling from the D.C. District Court in favor of Meta is profoundly misguided. The court is wrong on the facts & the law, and the FTC should appeal.
Statement from our policy counsel @tarap.bsky.social here:
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Statement from our policy counsel @tarap.bsky.social here:
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
NEW amicus brief in Ohio v Google:
Because Google sets itself up to serve the general public, states can enforce common carrier laws that say Google must not self preference its own products or favor its partners over others in search results. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Because Google sets itself up to serve the general public, states can enforce common carrier laws that say Google must not self preference its own products or favor its partners over others in search results. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Amicus Brief Urges Ohio Court of Appeals to Uphold State’s Authority to Designate Google as a Common Carrier — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in State of Ohio v. Google , urging the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio to recognize the state’s authority to designate Google Search as a co...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NEW amicus brief in Ohio v Google:
Because Google sets itself up to serve the general public, states can enforce common carrier laws that say Google must not self preference its own products or favor its partners over others in search results. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Because Google sets itself up to serve the general public, states can enforce common carrier laws that say Google must not self preference its own products or favor its partners over others in search results. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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Very promising news as the European Commission moves towards bringing Big Tech’s cloud arms under the Digital Markets Act, as long called for by @openmarkets.bsky.social.
Cloud alternatives won’t take off until we loosen the hyperscalers’ chokehold on the market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cloud alternatives won’t take off until we loosen the hyperscalers’ chokehold on the market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Considers Cracking Down on Big Tech's Cloud Power
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud risk being dragged into the scope of the European Union’s crackdown on Big Tech as antitrust watchdogs prepare to study t...
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very promising news as the European Commission moves towards bringing Big Tech’s cloud arms under the Digital Markets Act, as long called for by @openmarkets.bsky.social.
Cloud alternatives won’t take off until we loosen the hyperscalers’ chokehold on the market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cloud alternatives won’t take off until we loosen the hyperscalers’ chokehold on the market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“The Commission must reject this paltry offer and force Google to break up its adtech monopoly once and for all.”
Our response to Google's wholly insufficient remedies for its adtech conflicts of interest: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Our response to Google's wholly insufficient remedies for its adtech conflicts of interest: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“The Commission must reject this paltry offer and force Google to break up its adtech monopoly once and for all.”
Our response to Google's wholly insufficient remedies for its adtech conflicts of interest: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Our response to Google's wholly insufficient remedies for its adtech conflicts of interest: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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🚨 Scoop: The European Commission is preparing to launch a new case against Google under its landmark digital rules — possibly as soon as tomorrow — despite Trump’s threats of retaliation, sources tell The Capitol Forum.
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨 Scoop: The European Commission is preparing to launch a new case against Google under its landmark digital rules — possibly as soon as tomorrow — despite Trump’s threats of retaliation, sources tell The Capitol Forum.
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
The media missed it, but 'moderate' Mikie Sherrill won her race for governor of New Jersey last week with a sweeping anti-monopoly platform and a pledge to fight the corporate interests who are ripping voters off.
libertyandpower.substack.com/p/sherrill-a...
libertyandpower.substack.com/p/sherrill-a...
Sherrill and Mamdani Just Showed How to Unify the Democratic Party – And Win
Mamdani stole the show last week, but ‘Moderate Mikie’ across the Hudson ran on an even bolder platform to rein in corporate power. From the governor’s mansion, she’ll have the authority to deliver.
libertyandpower.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The media missed it, but 'moderate' Mikie Sherrill won her race for governor of New Jersey last week with a sweeping anti-monopoly platform and a pledge to fight the corporate interests who are ripping voters off.
libertyandpower.substack.com/p/sherrill-a...
libertyandpower.substack.com/p/sherrill-a...
Mamdani stole the show last week. But across Hudson, the media missed what may have been an even more aggressive campaign to rein in corporate power.
Mikie Sherrill alum Ben Winsor breaks down how the two campaigns are a potential model for unifying Democrats — and winning.
Mikie Sherrill alum Ben Winsor breaks down how the two campaigns are a potential model for unifying Democrats — and winning.
Sherrill and Mamdani Just Showed How to Unify the Democratic Party – And Win
Mamdani stole the show last week, but ‘Moderate Mikie’ across the Hudson ran on an even bolder platform to rein in corporate power. From the governor’s mansion, she’ll have the authority to deliver.
libertyandpower.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Mamdani stole the show last week. But across Hudson, the media missed what may have been an even more aggressive campaign to rein in corporate power.
Mikie Sherrill alum Ben Winsor breaks down how the two campaigns are a potential model for unifying Democrats — and winning.
Mikie Sherrill alum Ben Winsor breaks down how the two campaigns are a potential model for unifying Democrats — and winning.
Don't miss the @skynewsrss.bsky.social investigation of how X's algorithm is fueling the British right-wing.
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Don't miss the @skynewsrss.bsky.social investigation of how X's algorithm is fueling the British right-wing.
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
A Senate Commerce hearing earlier today for Surface Transportation Board (STB) nominees drew our attention.
We believe it's a sign the Trump admin is trying to rush through the Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific merger.
Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
We believe it's a sign the Trump admin is trying to rush through the Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific merger.
Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Open Markets Calls for Senate to Halt Proceedings on Surface Transportation Board Nominees — Open Markets Institute
Open Markets Institute transportation analyst Arnav Rao released a statement urging the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to halt confirmation proceedings for the President’s S...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A Senate Commerce hearing earlier today for Surface Transportation Board (STB) nominees drew our attention.
We believe it's a sign the Trump admin is trying to rush through the Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific merger.
Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
We believe it's a sign the Trump admin is trying to rush through the Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific merger.
Learn more: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...