Antitrust

Please join ITIF for a virtual panel discussion with technology policy experts who will highlight and critique the most counterproductive tech policies of the past year, and consider how the incoming administration and Congress can turn the page.

Instead of treating Apple as a public utility, the Commission should work to ensure that interoperability requirements align with the broader theoretical framework that orients European competition policy, such as condemning unilateral conduct that may harm rivals only when it does not constitute competition on the merits.

Populists argue mergers reduced robust competition that travelers previously enjoyed, allowing the remaining “Big Four” carriers to cut capacity, decrease service quality and raise prices. But that narrative could not be more wrong.

Last October, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed a sweeping set of remedies in response to an earlier court ruling that Google violated antitrust laws with its search business. While most attention has focused on the potential partial breakup of Google—the DOJ has proposed the divesture of the Chrome web browser and the Android mobile operating system—the proposed remedies would also have significant implications for U.S. competitiveness in AI.

The incoming administration is unlikely to take kindly to Europe's continuing antitrust attacks against Apple and other U.S. technology companies using a highly aggressive approach to DMA enforcement.

Watch now for an online presentation and discussion with Robert D. Atkinson and David Moschella, co-authors of Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy.

There are several reasons for thinking DOJ is on shaky ground in attempting to define three separate ad exchange, ad server, and ad network markets given the Supreme Court’s decision in Amex.

There is a huge opportunity to change the technology narrative of recent years, making it less about fear, potential downsides and things to blame, and more about national development, competitiveness, and prosperity in an “America First” context.

While the FTC has lived to fight another day, the likelihood that it will overcome the hurdles implicated by Judge Boasberg’s summary judgment opinion is slim.

The FTC’s September 2024 staff report on the data practices of nine major social media and video streaming companies makes four flawed claims: that platforms surveil users, secretly share data with advertisers, collect data to block competitors, and limit consumer choice due to insufficient competition.