#Monopolies

cian

peachycian

today's important informative thread: the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), and Digital Services Act (DSA), is a pair of acts currently being considered that are supposed to reduce the power

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

You hear lots about how tech monopolies arose due to supposedly inevitable factors like "network effects," but you don't hear much about banal, sleazy tactics that were banned until the

Timothy B. Lee

binarybits

Just finished listening to Matt Stoller's Goliath, a political and intellectual history of the anti-monopoly movement over the last ~100 years. It gave me a better understanding of the intellectual

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

I'm not sure if this is due to mass-nuking of conservative accounts by Twitter, conservatives leaving the platform voluntarily in protest of the Trump ban, or some combination of both,

UAEM Cambridge #FreeTheVaccine

CambridgeUaem

Well said @wendychambLD in Parliament - wealthy countries making up 13% of the worlds population have already made purchasing agreements for 50% of future #COVID vaccines. While the UK might

modest proposal

modestproposal1

FANGM is dead, some charts Facebook and Google are approaching the market multiple, while getting sued for being monopolies Netflix trades cheap to Disney even allowing for recovery in Parks

RevDaniel

RevDaniel

Ultimately I believe in healing and reconciliation, but that requires truth and justice. When people call for “healing” ask what it is they mean? Does “healing” just mean silencing the

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

There are two really important, globe-spanning, real-estate-occupying, tax-break-soaking-up reasons why these things are not like now: datacenter & (related) warehouse/delivery infrastructure.https://twitter.com/AlecStapp/status/1288524

Revolving Door Project

revolvingdoorDC

THREAD: Why should progressives care about the Commerce Dept? It's often gone to a wealthy businessperson...which means we don’t really know what a populist Commerce Dept would look like. The

Tinca Lukan

LukanTinca

I have had an opportunity to listen to the excellent Victor Pickard (@VWPickard) speaking about Democracy and Journalism. Sharing some highlights on these topics below. (1/8) (2/8) Advertising-reliant model of

David Boxenhorn

davidboxenhorn

1. The death of Silicon Valley, a threadHow did Silicon Valley die? It was killed by the internet. I will explain.Yesterday, my friend IRL asked me "Where are good old

Heidi Chow

hidschow

This is great news. I only wish other countries could also have this headline but they don't becausehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55145696 Pfizer has sold most of its vaccine stocks to rich countries, leaving

Elad Gross 🇺🇸

BigElad

Tomorrow, Missouri's Attorney General will be part of a group at the United States Supreme Court arguing that the Affordable Care Act should be thrown out so that millions of

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. One thing to realize is that not only are voters cynical, but so are policymakers. Why is that? Let me introduce you to "process trolling," a term coined by

Damon Jones

nomadj1s

A poll I asked in my PhD micro class today:Suppose I introduce a price ceiling, like rent control. What will happen to the number of rental units? In my class,

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. As @ZephyrTeachout notes, there is now a big opportunity to take on monopolies. Biden has picked an acting Antitrust chief, Gene Kimmelman, and an acting FTC Chair, @RKSlaughterFTC.https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/13523425190912

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