Kudos to New MEXICO for setting a national example of what state-level Big Tech accountability can look like. A counter-example by @NewMexicoDOJ - you can take Meta to court and win.

My statement on the Google Ad-tech ruling (Sumit Sharma, Executive Director for @NxtGenComp) “Though we have not yet seen the final opinion, in our view the government had a strong case to ask for a break-up. News reports indicated that in 2022, Google offered to split parts of its business that auction and place ads on websites and apps into a separate company under the Alphabet umbrella to head off this lawsuit: an acknowledgment of the conflicts of interest at the heart of this case. We are disappointed that the court has ordered only behavioral remedies with no separation to address these conflicts of interest. Given the complicated and often obscured ways ad-tech markets are structured and operate, it will be difficult for any outside party to implement and monitor behavioral remedies. We are skeptical that behavioral remedies will be sufficient to allow competitors to challenge Google’s dominant position in ad tech and provide meaningful relief to publishers, advertisers, or consumers who ultimately end up paying for inflated advertising charges via higher prices.”

Sharing my new Report on US Consumer Benefits of Unlocking Competition in App Distribution on Smartphones for CAF. We estimate that a more competitive app distribution market would result in savings of the order of $8.9B every year for US consumers. Link ⬇️

My take on the AI bubble and how antitrust enforcement can help. My favorite example of the bubble is ‘All Birds’ a maker of wool sneakers that promised to become a GPU-as-a-Service provider and its stock surged 350% in a week! @techpolicypress ⬇️

My new report on implementing search remedies in US v Google - despite some important limitations, the remedies ordered could be useful if implemented judiciously. When life gives you lemons... insights.sumitsharma.consult…

Great to speak with Carleigh Beriont - Dem candidate for Congress in NH 1. Not only she is up for taking on BigTech and has smart policies to address affordability - she is only campaigning in person and is off social media ! ⬇️ @NxtGenComp newsletter

My take on the Apple-Google Gemini deal in @NxtGenComp newsletter. ➡️ Apple said in search case Google payments were to compete on AI ➡️ False ➡️ Undermines remedies ordered in Google search & another reason to appeal ➡️ Also data point in DOJ suit against Apple ⬇️

Fixed it for you! Jim Jordan is having another sham hearing today - as I wrote in @commondreams he is Big Tech’s Most Effective Lobbyist. ⬇️ What a waste of taxpayer dollars!

Courts alone cannot check the corrupting influence of billionaires or challenge the market & political power of the largest corporations. We need legislators like @reed_showalter who can take up this fight. It was great to speak with him & hear why he is running for Congress. See ⬇️ for the full Q&A @NxtGenComp

Seems Meta's enshittification (@doctorow) of products-moving away from connected (friend/family) posts to unconnected (AI sludge) saved it from antitrust enforcement! Meanwhile it can keep harming our kids and delivering 5 billion scam ads a day to its users! @ConsumerReports ⬇️