Filed Under: “Monopoly”

Textbook publishers are devising new ways to gouge students as digital books become the norm

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Students used to be able to keep or sell their overpriced books. Now, publishers are expiring digital copies and not decreasing the prices


‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth

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Internal documents reveal Facebook ignored employee concerns about the site promoting violence, harming children, and spreading lies


Protecting technology monopolies doesn’t help America’s national security

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As momentum builds for real regulations and enforcement against Big Tech, its allies are trying out specious national security arguments


Big technology companies have too much power over society, but fixing the problem is possible

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Tech giants took advantage of a regulatory environment that centralized power and allowed monopoly


New FTC lawsuit against Facebook shows Biden administration is getting serious about anti-trust

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Antitrust experts welcome FTC lawsuit seeking to force social media giant to divest WhatsApp and Instagram


New Biden executive order restores anti-trust to its rightful original intent

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Ronald Reagan drastically paired down anti-trust law enforcement, Joe Biden is returning it to its original pro-competition idea


Movie studios are trying to re-make the 1930s through monopoly power

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What the AT&T breakup can teach us about the tech monopolies of today

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When the US Department of Justice broke up AT&T, it traded one national monopoly for a set of regional monopolies. Over time, Congress learned that it wasn’t enough. Today, we are facing a similar challenge. Potential breakups of Google and Facebook will only be step one.


 

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