In this issue, we celebrate OMI’s own Claire Kelloway for being named a finalist for a James Beard Award, explore how the Trump administration is helping Elon Musk’s Starlink to cement a monopoly on space, and welcome recent speeches by the DOJ’s Gail Slater and the FTC’s Mark Meador.
Read MoreReporter Austin Ahlman warns that the Trump administration is aggressively advancing Elon Musk’s Starlink monopoly over global communications, urging regulators to counterbalance his growing dominance.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute proudly celebrates Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway for being named a finalist in the 2025 James Beard Media Awards.
Read MoreEditorial director Anita Jain explores how two contrasting books—Searches by Vauhini Vara and Like by Bob Goodman and Martin Reeves—reveal different but revealing ways of understanding Big Tech's impact on society.
Read MoreEurope director Max von Thun co-authors a piece to argue that Europe should focus on protecting democratic values and reinforcing competition laws, rather than pursuing deregulation that could further entrench the dominance of global tech giants.
Read MoreCJL Director Courtney Radsch participates in the publication of a policy brief that G7 nations must strengthen competition oversight and adopt strict AI liability rules to curb market concentration, ensure fair access to resources, and protect consumers from high-risk AI harms
Read MoreExecutive 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.
Read MoreCJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch testified in support of Oregon Senate Bill 686, highlighting its potential to support independent journalism, drawing on global precedents, and urging lawmakers to address tech monopolies and their retaliatory behavior toward the press.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya analyzes the DOJ’s push for structural remedies in the Google search antitrust trial, including potential divestiture of Chrome.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch joined an expert Q&A hosted by The Foreign Policy Centre and Leiden University, marking 100 days into President Trump’s administration.
Read MoreResearch fellow Claire Lavin discusses how Europe is increasingly using antitrust enforcement to protect workers' rights, even as the U.S. shows signs of retreating from similar efforts."
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore how European countries have begun using competition law to protect workers, inspired in part by the U.S. FTC.
Read MoreEurope director Max von Thun was quoted on how Europe’s fragmented landscape makes it harder for homegrown tech companies to challenge existing Big Tech players.
Read MoreExecutive director Barry Lynn was quoted highlighting the rare bipartisan agreement in Congress on the need to rein in Big Tech, noting that lawmakers like Senators Mike Lee and Amy Klobuchar often share similar critiques—particularly of companies like Meta—despite differing political perspectives.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch contends that Google’s recent legal violations demonstrate its monopolistic abuse of power, and calls for the company to be broken up to restore fair competition and accountability.
Read MoreReporter Austin Ahlman discusses the court ruling against Google’s ad-tech monopoly being a major win for journalism and the open internet.
Read MoreOpen 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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