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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 19h

One thing the Luddites understood is that the advancement of technology has to be managed democratically, with special mind to preventing concentrations of power.

CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...

We should all be Luddites | Brookings

Courtney Radsch discusses rehabilitating the idea of Luddites as people concerned with the control and impact of technology.

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Courtney R @courtneyr.bsky.social · 6d

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in response to Trump Pressure Campaign in yet another attack on #freespeech. I’m deeply disappointed to see yet another corporation cave without resisting. This censorship is particularly problematic given its App Store monopoly.

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Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 7d

This is exactly right. The world is on the brink of platform authoritarianism, and tech oligarchs are working overtime to capture this administration as well as the opposition.

But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.

The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 8d

Trump 2.0 has unleashed Silicon Valley’s efficiency fetishism on the U.S. government, with the end goal of transforming the country into a kind of corporation, steered by a kind of CEO, powered by private firms not beholden to the messiness of democracy.

E Pluribus Uh Oh | Leo Kim

“Pro-democracy” initiatives coming out of Silicon Valley are a sleight of hand. Platform authoritarianism is the end goal.

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 12d

During the remedies phase of the #googleadtech case this week, we learned from witnesses why breaking up Google's monopoly over digital ads matters so much for the future of digital news. @checkmyads.org shares more: www.usvgoogleads.com/trial-update...

US v Google

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 12d

The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.

Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press

Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 14d

A few years ago, Open Markets & @cjl4news.bsky.social
published a history of U.S. media policy, how it's shaped our information environments -- & recommended a path forward. Re-sharing it here now: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

Report | How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century — Center for Journalism & Liberty

The Center for Journalism & Liberty’s flagship report offers guidance on how competition policy principles can help restore sustainable and independent news media.

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 14d

It's amazing to see people respond to the censorship of #Kimmel and #Colbert.

Now, we want to help people understand that the culture of deregulation going back to the 1980s got us today's media environment: highly consolidated & susceptible to anti-democratic control.

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 14d

The time couldn't be more urgent for a convening on "The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power..."

Join us & @article19.bsky.social, 15-16 October, in Brussels or via livestream: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI — Open Markets Institute

Join The Open Markets Institute and ARTICLE 19 on October 15th & 16th for a convening of high-level leading thinkers, lawmakers, technologists, and advocates to discuss the direct and growi...

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 14d

Next in this explosive series from @elclip.bsky.social is a rundown of how Google exploits its dominance over the finances of news publishers to divide and conquer any potential opposition to its monopolistic practices.

Read this eye-opening feature in English here: www.elclip.org/alquilar-a-t...

‘Alquilar a tu enemigo’: cómo Google pagó millones a los medios para evitar la presión regulatoria - El Clip

Google ha firmado más de 2000 contratos con medios de comunicación de todo el mundo en los últimos cinco años.

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 14d

If you're wondering why major media companies are folding to Trump administration censorship (see cancellations of Kimmel, Colbert), take a look at their plans to grow even larger and more powerful. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Media consolidation is shaping who folds under political pressure — and who could be next - Poynter

ABC sidelining Jimmy Kimmel and Paramount canceling Stephen Colbert underscore how corporate interests weigh on free speech in the Trump era

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Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social · 16d

#GoogleAdTecg Just left the courtroom. First witness was Grant Witmore, VP of ad tech & programmatic revenue at Advance Local.

DoJ touched precisely on all these points, as I broke down for @techpolicypress.bsky.social ahead of the remedies hearings today:

techpolicy.press/doj-vs-googl...

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16d

The US Department of Justice and Google will face off today in federal court to argue about what remedies the court should impose to unwind Google’s monopoly in the ad tech market. Karina Montoya from the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute breaks down what’s at stake:

DOJ vs Google: Back to Court for Remedies to Break Digital Ads Monopoly | TechPolicy.Press

Without both behavioral and structural remedies, nothing will be achieved to prevent future illegal conduct, writes Karina Montoya.

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 16d

Another excellent round of stories from @elclip.bsky.social revealing the lengths Big Tech goes to shape the global information environment.

This one hits close to home for us: their playbook for killing media compensation laws around the world (available in English). www.elclip.org/el-manual-de...

El manual de las Big Tech para frenar las leyes de compensación a medios - El Clip

Meta y Google hicieron campañas públicas, amenazaron con dejar de distribuir noticias, hicieron acuerdos privados y movilizaron a aliados de peso para influenciar o frenar leyes en Brasil, Canadá, Ind...

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 20d

CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social joined the @dawnnews.tv DigiPod team to discuss the real world harms caused by our reliance on "self-regulation" from the makers of AI chatbots.

Catch the full conversation here: youtu.be/Wt_sbumFGPo?...

AI Chatbots Causing Real-World Harm: What About Big Tech Accountability? | Dawn News English

YouTube video by DawnNews English

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 22d

Critically, that influence web doesn't just include lavishly funded trade associations and lobby groups.

It also includes powerful insiders. Read the account of how Google turned former Brazilian President Michel Temer into their personal hired gun: www.elclip.org/en-las-sombr...

En las sombras un expresidente hace carrera representando a las empresas tecnológicas

Tras dejar la presidencia en 2019, el líder del MDB decidió retomar una carrera que abandonó tres décadas antes: el derecho. Desde entonces, ha representado a varias empresas tecnológicas, entre ellas...

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 26d

Killing Brazil's news bill is just the tip of the iceberg of Big Tech's reach across Latin America.

Read this jaw-dropping account of the web of influence they have built (available in English): www.elclip.org/asi-presiona...

Así presiona la “mano invisible” de las gigantes tecnológicas a las autoridades latinoamericanas - El Clip

A través de organizaciones internacionales, bufetes de abogados y grupos de presión corporativos, estas gigantescas empresas acumulan influencia y establecen relaciones para bloquear o modificar la re...

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 27d

"Billionaire media mogul David Ellison’s effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery should send chills to the whole media industry and Americans across the country..." Statement from @courtneyr.bsky.social on LinkedIn:

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Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social · 27d

#antitrustradar If David Ellison is going to offer FCC Chair Brendan Carr the same conditions he did to get the Paramount purchase approved, what's be left of the First Amendment, media plurality & press freedom? What's left of the FCC 'oversight' role?
www.wsj.com/business/med...

Exclusive | Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 27d

We are thrilled to see ambitious new investigative works from @elclip.bsky.social, revealing how Big Tech uses its wealth and power to coerce democracies around the world.

First up, an exposé on how Silicon Valley conspired to kill Brazil's promising Fake News Bill: www.elclip.org/como-las-big...

Cómo las Big Tech mataron el Proyecto de Ley de las Fake News

Cómo las Big Tech mataron el Proyecto de Ley de las Fake NewsEl PL 2630 cambió la relación de las empresas de tecnología con la extrema derecha y revela el menú de estrategias de lobby empleado contra...

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · 27d

If you're at #ONA25 today, join this high level conversation with @courtneyr.bsky.social and industry experts from @tollbit.com, Sphere Labs, and ScalePost to get ahead of the curve and learn about the emerging AI content licensing market.

Courtney R @courtneyr.bsky.social · 28d

Wondering how your newsroom can navigate the AI economy? Are you in NOLA for #ONA25? Join us @CJL4News for "From RAGS to Riches: Revenue Opportunities in the Emerging AI Content Licensing Market" & hear from @TollbitOfficial, @sphere_labs & @scalepostai. More at ona25.journalists.org/schedule

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Courtney R @courtneyr.bsky.social · 28d

Wondering how your newsroom can navigate the AI economy? Are you in NOLA for #ONA25? Join us @CJL4News for "From RAGS to Riches: Revenue Opportunities in the Emerging AI Content Licensing Market" & hear from @TollbitOfficial, @sphere_labs & @scalepostai. More at ona25.journalists.org/schedule

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Aug 28

EU and Canada publishers have issued a joint plea to halt AI ‘strip mining’ of news

EU and Canada publishers issue joint plea to halt AI 'strip mining' of news

Publisher trade bodies see Canada-EU trade deal as chance to curb big tech power.

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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · Aug 27

This administration is trying to blackmail our closest allies to protect Big Tech’s profits and power.

Americans want leaders who are willing to fight back against these oligarchs. Infringing on the sovereign rights of the democracies that are taking up that fight is corruption, plain and simple.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · Aug 27

EU claims 'sovereign right' to regulate tech after Trump threat

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Center for Journalism and Liberty @cjl4news.bsky.social · Aug 22

The deal between Nexstar and Tegna is blatantly illegal, but this administration is changing the rules to help big corporations monopolize even more of our local media.

CJL joined a coalition of free press, civil liberties, and labor groups to fight back. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The $6.2 billion deal that could reshape local TV across America

Indianapolis residents will see three of its biggest local stations under the same company if the FCC allows the biggest owner of local stations to buy another group.

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CNBC @cnbc.com · Aug 21

Two top House Democrats are investigating whether Paramount and Skydance Media acquiesced to “illegitimate demands” from President Donald Trump in order to win approval for their merger.

House Democrats probe Paramount-Skydance merger over Trump dealings

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Frank Pallone highlighted Paramount settling Trump's lawsuit against CBS over the editing of a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris.

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