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Oh, we do have an FTC Chair! 🤯
Haven’t heard from him in a while, but better late than never on Amazon. Now let’s see that same energy for Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Meta. 👀
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
Haven’t heard from him in a while, but better late than never on Amazon. Now let’s see that same energy for Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Meta. 👀
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
FTC's Andrew Ferguson on Amazon lawsuit: Received billions in additional profit from advertisers
Andrew Ferguson, FTC chairman, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the government body's recent lawsuit against Amazon, the harm to consumers and much more.
www.cnbc.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Oh, we do have an FTC Chair! 🤯
Haven’t heard from him in a while, but better late than never on Amazon. Now let’s see that same energy for Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Meta. 👀
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
Haven’t heard from him in a while, but better late than never on Amazon. Now let’s see that same energy for Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Meta. 👀
www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
Meta’s teen safety settlement is being sold as accountability. 🤨
@sumitecon.bsky.social argues it may be a win for Mark Zuckerberg instead: weak limits, AI loopholes, little public reporting, and a payout Meta can absorb.
Read in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⤵️
www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...
@sumitecon.bsky.social argues it may be a win for Mark Zuckerberg instead: weak limits, AI loopholes, little public reporting, and a payout Meta can absorb.
Read in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⤵️
www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...
Two Reasons Meta’s Settlement with State Attorneys General is a Win for Mark Zuckerberg
The Meta settlement is self-serving and unlikely to meet the objective of protecting teens from social media harms, writes Sumit Sharma.
www.techpolicy.press
September 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Meta’s teen safety settlement is being sold as accountability. 🤨
@sumitecon.bsky.social argues it may be a win for Mark Zuckerberg instead: weak limits, AI loopholes, little public reporting, and a payout Meta can absorb.
Read in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⤵️
www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...
@sumitecon.bsky.social argues it may be a win for Mark Zuckerberg instead: weak limits, AI loopholes, little public reporting, and a payout Meta can absorb.
Read in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⤵️
www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...
The latest Top Hat & Thimble is out now! 📰
Amazon’s monopoly power. The FTC’s latest investigation. Midterms. Data centers. Big Tech accountability.
We cover it all in our August recap.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Amazon’s monopoly power. The FTC’s latest investigation. Midterms. Data centers. Big Tech accountability.
We cover it all in our August recap.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - August 2026
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
September 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The latest Top Hat & Thimble is out now! 📰
Amazon’s monopoly power. The FTC’s latest investigation. Midterms. Data centers. Big Tech accountability.
We cover it all in our August recap.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Amazon’s monopoly power. The FTC’s latest investigation. Midterms. Data centers. Big Tech accountability.
We cover it all in our August recap.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
The rise in Big Tech surveillance should alarm all of us. 🚨
Facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance tools are no longer hypothetical. They're already making their way into police departments and immigration agencies.
Facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance tools are no longer hypothetical. They're already making their way into police departments and immigration agencies.
Whether you’re driving to the grocery store for a quart of milk or attending a local No Kings protest, odds are that law enforcement has recorded, processed, and archived your activities for future reference, writes @timkarr.bsky.social.
What the Flock? Exposing Big Tech’s Surveillance State
As spying becomes big business, more people are mobilizing to resist mass surveillance.
www.commondreams.org
September 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The rise in Big Tech surveillance should alarm all of us. 🚨
Facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance tools are no longer hypothetical. They're already making their way into police departments and immigration agencies.
Facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance tools are no longer hypothetical. They're already making their way into police departments and immigration agencies.
So Americans are “backwards and poor” for wanting to prioritize clean water, lower electricity bills, and strong property values? 🤯
September 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
So Americans are “backwards and poor” for wanting to prioritize clean water, lower electricity bills, and strong property values? 🤯
Google’s ad tech dominance needed structural relief. Instead, the court chose behavioral remedies that may leave Google’s conflicts intact.
@sumitecon.bsky.social: publishers, advertisers, competitors, and consumers need real competition.
Read his full statement: nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
@sumitecon.bsky.social: publishers, advertisers, competitors, and consumers need real competition.
Read his full statement: nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
NextGen Competition Disappointed by Court’s Decision Rejecting Structural Remedies in Google Ad Tech Case
On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia rejected a breakup of Google’s ad tech business and instead approved a series of behavioral ...
nextgencomp.tech
September 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Google’s ad tech dominance needed structural relief. Instead, the court chose behavioral remedies that may leave Google’s conflicts intact.
@sumitecon.bsky.social: publishers, advertisers, competitors, and consumers need real competition.
Read his full statement: nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
@sumitecon.bsky.social: publishers, advertisers, competitors, and consumers need real competition.
Read his full statement: nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
Big Tech sold schools a future of better learning through more technology. Instead, what taxpayers got was dependence on a handful of giant platforms, massive public spending, and deteriorating outcomes.
Classic Big Tech. 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
Classic Big Tech. 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Big Tech sold schools a future of better learning through more technology. Instead, what taxpayers got was dependence on a handful of giant platforms, massive public spending, and deteriorating outcomes.
Classic Big Tech. 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
Classic Big Tech. 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
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August 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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When even Texas of all places jumps off the data center train, you know things are bad. 😳
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
August 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When even Texas of all places jumps off the data center train, you know things are bad. 😳
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Big Tech helped flood the internet with AI slop, and now it has to spend time and money trying to rein in the monster it created.
Typical. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/t...
Typical. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/t...
Sick of A.I. Slop? So Are Tech Giants.
Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Big Tech helped flood the internet with AI slop, and now it has to spend time and money trying to rein in the monster it created.
Typical. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/t...
Typical. 😒
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/t...
We need guardrails for Big Tech from this administration, not giveaways.
Enforce antitrust. ⚖️
Protect consumers. 🙋🏻♂️
Fight monopolies. 🥊
Join us in the fight: nextgencomp.tech
Enforce antitrust. ⚖️
Protect consumers. 🙋🏻♂️
Fight monopolies. 🥊
Join us in the fight: nextgencomp.tech
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nextgencomp.tech
August 24, 2026 at 6:31 PM
We need guardrails for Big Tech from this administration, not giveaways.
Enforce antitrust. ⚖️
Protect consumers. 🙋🏻♂️
Fight monopolies. 🥊
Join us in the fight: nextgencomp.tech
Enforce antitrust. ⚖️
Protect consumers. 🙋🏻♂️
Fight monopolies. 🥊
Join us in the fight: nextgencomp.tech
Microsoft loves to cast itself as the responsible Big Tech company.
But its AI data center buildout is telling a very different story: soaring energy use, rising emissions, and sustainability rhetoric that looks thinner by the day. 🤦🏻♂️
But its AI data center buildout is telling a very different story: soaring energy use, rising emissions, and sustainability rhetoric that looks thinner by the day. 🤦🏻♂️
August 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Microsoft loves to cast itself as the responsible Big Tech company.
But its AI data center buildout is telling a very different story: soaring energy use, rising emissions, and sustainability rhetoric that looks thinner by the day. 🤦🏻♂️
But its AI data center buildout is telling a very different story: soaring energy use, rising emissions, and sustainability rhetoric that looks thinner by the day. 🤦🏻♂️
How are hitting those climate targets going, Amazon? 🙄 Profits over the environment, every time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c...
August 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
How are hitting those climate targets going, Amazon? 🙄 Profits over the environment, every time.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/c...
Top talent leaving, internal tensions over military use, pressure to ship faster, ethical red lines getting blurrier… 😵💫
Turns out the AI race is even messy inside Google, the monopolist who wants everyone to think it has things under control.
Turns out the AI race is even messy inside Google, the monopolist who wants everyone to think it has things under control.
Google and its leaders presented a unified front on Wednesday, keeping their messaging focused on how the company's AI changes tee up future success.
But the reality is that the laundry list of executive changes likely signal deeper issues within Google’s AI organization.
But the reality is that the laundry list of executive changes likely signal deeper issues within Google’s AI organization.
The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup
Google’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.
www.theverge.com
August 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Top talent leaving, internal tensions over military use, pressure to ship faster, ethical red lines getting blurrier… 😵💫
Turns out the AI race is even messy inside Google, the monopolist who wants everyone to think it has things under control.
Turns out the AI race is even messy inside Google, the monopolist who wants everyone to think it has things under control.
Love to see @openmarkets.bsky.social holding Google’s feet to the fire. 🔥
Our latest amicus brief argues that #Google's exclusive dealing arrangements deny rivals meaningful access to users. Appropriate remedies in U.S. v Google would force Google to eliminate these deals. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Open Markets Urges Appeals Court to Restore Competition in Search as Google Extends Its Gatekeeper Power into AI — Open Markets Institute
Open Markets filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to prohibit Google from continuing to pay billions of dollars each year to preserve its monopoly over internet...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
August 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Love to see @openmarkets.bsky.social holding Google’s feet to the fire. 🔥
ICYMI: Last week, we dropped the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, featuring our takes on app store distribution monopolies, Adam Candeub’s nomination, the launch of Little Tech, and more. 🧑💻
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - July 2026
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
August 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
ICYMI: Last week, we dropped the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, featuring our takes on app store distribution monopolies, Adam Candeub’s nomination, the launch of Little Tech, and more. 🧑💻
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Love this from Chris Stöcker on how standards could be Europe’s best weapon in its arsenal against Big Tech. 🏹
derspiegel.substack.com/p/standards-...
derspiegel.substack.com/p/standards-...
August 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Love this from Chris Stöcker on how standards could be Europe’s best weapon in its arsenal against Big Tech. 🏹
derspiegel.substack.com/p/standards-...
derspiegel.substack.com/p/standards-...
Now Big Tech is dictating trade policy? 🤯
Kudos @publiccitizen.bsky.social for uncovering yet another way Big Tech is inserting itself into the administration to benefit themselves.
www.citizen.org/news/new-foi...
Kudos @publiccitizen.bsky.social for uncovering yet another way Big Tech is inserting itself into the administration to benefit themselves.
www.citizen.org/news/new-foi...
August 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Now Big Tech is dictating trade policy? 🤯
Kudos @publiccitizen.bsky.social for uncovering yet another way Big Tech is inserting itself into the administration to benefit themselves.
www.citizen.org/news/new-foi...
Kudos @publiccitizen.bsky.social for uncovering yet another way Big Tech is inserting itself into the administration to benefit themselves.
www.citizen.org/news/new-foi...
This right here is exactly why data centers are causing upheaval on both sides of the aisle:
Deals behind closed doors. Zero transparency. Communities left in the dark about how these projects will affect their utility bills, water, land, and local control. 🤦🏻♂️
Deals behind closed doors. Zero transparency. Communities left in the dark about how these projects will affect their utility bills, water, land, and local control. 🤦🏻♂️
Meta wanted a rebate to build its A.I. data center in Richland Parish, an impoverished farming community in Louisiana’s northeast corner. The company worked with state officials on the $50 billion project with no opposition — in part because locals didn’t know about the deal until it was done.
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
nyti.ms
August 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This right here is exactly why data centers are causing upheaval on both sides of the aisle:
Deals behind closed doors. Zero transparency. Communities left in the dark about how these projects will affect their utility bills, water, land, and local control. 🤦🏻♂️
Deals behind closed doors. Zero transparency. Communities left in the dark about how these projects will affect their utility bills, water, land, and local control. 🤦🏻♂️
The latest Top Hat & Thimble is here. 📰
This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on app store distribution monopolies, Candeub Candon't, the rise of Little Tech, and more!
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on app store distribution monopolies, Candeub Candon't, the rise of Little Tech, and more!
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Top Hat & Thimble - July 2026
Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
August 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The latest Top Hat & Thimble is here. 📰
This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on app store distribution monopolies, Candeub Candon't, the rise of Little Tech, and more!
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on app store distribution monopolies, Candeub Candon't, the rise of Little Tech, and more!
Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Big Tech unleashed the AI boom first and started hiring economists to explain the fallout later.
No number of economists can turn “move fast and break the labor market” into a real accountability plan. 😳
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
No number of economists can turn “move fast and break the labor market” into a real accountability plan. 😳
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Why tech companies are poaching top economists
Google and others say their economic research sheds light on crucial questions, but critics argue corporate research doesn't serve the public interest.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Big Tech unleashed the AI boom first and started hiring economists to explain the fallout later.
No number of economists can turn “move fast and break the labor market” into a real accountability plan. 😳
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
No number of economists can turn “move fast and break the labor market” into a real accountability plan. 😳
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Love this conversation between @linamkhan.bsky.social and @pkrugman.bsky.social on AI, Big Tech, and antitrust law. ⚖️
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lina-khan-...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lina-khan-...
August 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Love this conversation between @linamkhan.bsky.social and @pkrugman.bsky.social on AI, Big Tech, and antitrust law. ⚖️
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lina-khan-...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lina-khan-...
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July 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Call them out, @publiccitizen.bsky.social. 💯
Big Tech keeps telling us to trust them on AI while making it painfully clear they don’t know how to control what they’ve built.
Big Tech keeps telling us to trust them on AI while making it painfully clear they don’t know how to control what they’ve built.
Big Tech spent years predicting AI would transform the world.
That it would replace jobs. Outperform artists. Pose risks to the public.
Now, they’re running massive PR campaigns to convince everyone it’s good.
The public isn’t buying it.
That it would replace jobs. Outperform artists. Pose risks to the public.
Now, they’re running massive PR campaigns to convince everyone it’s good.
The public isn’t buying it.
July 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Call them out, @publiccitizen.bsky.social. 💯
Big Tech keeps telling us to trust them on AI while making it painfully clear they don’t know how to control what they’ve built.
Big Tech keeps telling us to trust them on AI while making it painfully clear they don’t know how to control what they’ve built.
Who could have predicted that sharing personal health information with, and seeking medical advice from, a chatbot that has neither a medical degree nor a human conscience could end poorly? 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
ChatGPT Led to a Man’s Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Who could have predicted that sharing personal health information with, and seeking medical advice from, a chatbot that has neither a medical degree nor a human conscience could end poorly? 🤦🏻♂️
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...