Tara Pincock released a statement on Amazon‘s $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following allegations the ecommerce giant tricked customers into enrolling in Prime memberships.
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Sandeep Vaheesan criticized the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter from her post at President Trump’s request.
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Barry Lynn responded to news that Disney's ABC is indefinitely pulling down “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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Statement from Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets regarding the news that Paramount Skydance is preparing a cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, backed by the Ellison family
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Open Markets condemns the FTC’s filing a motion to withdraw from defending its landmark rule banning traditional and de facto non-competes.
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Open Markets Europe Director Max von Thun released a statement in response to the European Commission’s decision to fine Google €3 billion for abusing its dominance in the adtech market and ordering the internet giant to end its illegal conduct.
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Barry Lynn released the following statement following Judge Mehta’s failure to force Google to divest from Chrome and Android following his finding the company has maintained an illegal monopoly on search.
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Executive director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s 2-1 vote to approve Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount.
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Max von Thun applauds a new report on tech algorithms and misinformation from the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
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The Open Markets Institute condemns the FCC for abusing its regulatory power to dismantle diversity programs and silence press freedom, calling it a dangerous politicization of antitrust authority.
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The Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute released a statement on the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional decision to grant Google ‘strategic market status’ and its proposal for possible interventions to restore competition in search.
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Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun released a statement on historic actions for EU competition enforcement.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan condemns the partisan FTC’s withdrawing a historic Robinson-Patman lawsuit against beverage giant PepsiCo.
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Open Markets Institute released a statement from Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at OMI, on the bipartisan reintroduction of the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act by Senators Warren and Schmitt, which aligns with Open Markets recommendations for diversifying AI and cloud procurement.
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The Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute released a statement from its director, Dr. Courtney Radsch on the California Assembly’s passage of AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
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Open Markets criticized a House Energy and Commerce Committee draft budget reconciliation provision that would give Big Tech a “democracy-free decade” for artificial intelligence.
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Executive director Barry Lynn responded to recent remarks from Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Gail Slater that focused on how the Justice Department under President Trump intends to enforce America’s antitrust laws and promote fair competition.
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Open Markets and the Center for Journalism and Liberty respond to a U.S. court ruling that Google maintains a monopoly over digital advertising markets.
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