time for yet another antitrust lawsuit because what the shit is this
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
time for yet another antitrust lawsuit because what the shit is this
Holy, antitrust!
November 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Holy, antitrust!
Antitrust needs to take this down, much like when Microsoft used Windows to push Internet Explorer and blocked competing web browsers. Stopping these sort of unfair trade practices is a big reason antitrust law exists.
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that ban A.I. for kids.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Antitrust needs to take this down, much like when Microsoft used Windows to push Internet Explorer and blocked competing web browsers. Stopping these sort of unfair trade practices is a big reason antitrust law exists.
Man, remember antitrust laws?
Weren't those fuckin' neat? You think we can get some of those back?
Weren't those fuckin' neat? You think we can get some of those back?
According to Reuters, EA owner Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund held recent talks to buy Unity.
www.reuters.com/world/silver...
www.reuters.com/world/silver...
November 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Man, remember antitrust laws?
Weren't those fuckin' neat? You think we can get some of those back?
Weren't those fuckin' neat? You think we can get some of those back?
A new DOJ must get serious about tech antitrust.
“The company’s new strategy underscores Google’s powerful role in American education. If school leaders want continued student access to search within the company’s ecosystem, they will be forced to embrace Google’s A.I.”
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I.
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A new DOJ must get serious about tech antitrust.
That's an interesting tying antitrust claim I suppose
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
That's an interesting tying antitrust claim I suppose
In antitrust law, we call this “tying.”
search and AI *could* be dis-deeply-integrated.
November 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM
In antitrust law, we call this “tying.”
And they’re going to do the same with looking to restrict immigration and asylum seekers, and union busting and antitrust rollbacks and every time they’ll swear it’s just this one thing.
November 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
And they’re going to do the same with looking to restrict immigration and asylum seekers, and union busting and antitrust rollbacks and every time they’ll swear it’s just this one thing.
Getting worried about antitrust enforcement will do that
November 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Getting worried about antitrust enforcement will do that
Spain's antitrust watchdog probes potential competition breaches in energy markets reut.rs/4ehkSik
Spain's antitrust watchdog probes potential competition breaches in energy markets
Spain's antitrust and energy watchdog CNMC said on Wednesday it was probing potential competition breaches in the country's energy markets.
reut.rs
November 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Spain's antitrust watchdog probes potential competition breaches in energy markets reut.rs/4ehkSik
bring back Antitrust
November 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
bring back Antitrust
I hope Larry Ellison and his little band of assholes eat antitrust shit.
November 7, 2026 at 5:48 AM
I hope Larry Ellison and his little band of assholes eat antitrust shit.
Antitrust Google.
Antitrust Amazon.
Antitrust Microsoft.
Antitrust Meta.
Antitrust. Big Tech.
Antitrust Amazon.
Antitrust Microsoft.
Antitrust Meta.
Antitrust. Big Tech.
November 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Antitrust Google.
Antitrust Amazon.
Antitrust Microsoft.
Antitrust Meta.
Antitrust. Big Tech.
Antitrust Amazon.
Antitrust Microsoft.
Antitrust Meta.
Antitrust. Big Tech.
It's time to enforce antitrust laws and end Citizens United!
“Senior congressional Democrats have been studying a 181-page dossier that identifies hundreds of executives and companies for them to investigate after they take control of the House and Senate next year.”
LET’S GO
www.washingtonsun.com/congress/dem...
LET’S GO
www.washingtonsun.com/congress/dem...
Democrats Are Reviewing a Plan to Investigate Corporate America
Party lawmakers have reviewed ideas for subpoenas, hearings and oversight next year.
www.washingtonsun.com
November 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's time to enforce antitrust laws and end Citizens United!
This is both an educational abomination and a potential antitrust violation.
Google is tying its popular search tool to its increasingly unpopular AI-in-school offering.
How about some congressional hearings?
And remember: the feds are not the only ones who can bring an antitrust case.
Google is tying its popular search tool to its increasingly unpopular AI-in-school offering.
How about some congressional hearings?
And remember: the feds are not the only ones who can bring an antitrust case.
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that ban A.I. for kids.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)
Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is both an educational abomination and a potential antitrust violation.
Google is tying its popular search tool to its increasingly unpopular AI-in-school offering.
How about some congressional hearings?
And remember: the feds are not the only ones who can bring an antitrust case.
Google is tying its popular search tool to its increasingly unpopular AI-in-school offering.
How about some congressional hearings?
And remember: the feds are not the only ones who can bring an antitrust case.
turns out we're not a country of individualist sociopaths!
If the last Progressive Era gave us the Sherman Antitrust Act I want this time I want the equivalent for meaningful tech and privacy regulation! End the surveillance state! My data is mine!
REGULATE BLACK BOX ALGOS
If the last Progressive Era gave us the Sherman Antitrust Act I want this time I want the equivalent for meaningful tech and privacy regulation! End the surveillance state! My data is mine!
REGULATE BLACK BOX ALGOS
November 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
turns out we're not a country of individualist sociopaths!
If the last Progressive Era gave us the Sherman Antitrust Act I want this time I want the equivalent for meaningful tech and privacy regulation! End the surveillance state! My data is mine!
REGULATE BLACK BOX ALGOS
If the last Progressive Era gave us the Sherman Antitrust Act I want this time I want the equivalent for meaningful tech and privacy regulation! End the surveillance state! My data is mine!
REGULATE BLACK BOX ALGOS
It's exactly the kind of crap antitrust laws were meant to prevent.
November 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
It's exactly the kind of crap antitrust laws were meant to prevent.
The Sherman Antitrust Act allows the federal government to take legal action against monopolistic practices, which can include the seizure of assets from companies found to be in violation of antitrust laws.
November 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Sherman Antitrust Act allows the federal government to take legal action against monopolistic practices, which can include the seizure of assets from companies found to be in violation of antitrust laws.
Democratic lawmakers are preparing subpoenas on the Justice Department's handling of various matters over the last two years, including antitrust review of media mergers, Bloomberg reports.
Congressional Democrats likely to probe media mergers, antitrust scrutiny | TheDesk.net
Democratic lawmakers are preparing federal subpoenas in more than 200 possible probes, with some media-related transactions likely to draw scrutiny on antitrust grounds.
thedesk.net
November 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Democratic lawmakers are preparing subpoenas on the Justice Department's handling of various matters over the last two years, including antitrust review of media mergers, Bloomberg reports.
Yes.
Or using the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 as intended.
Or using the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 as intended.
November 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Yes.
Or using the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 as intended.
Or using the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 as intended.
KOSA, and similarly misguided proposals like age verification laws and attacks on Section 230, have been vehemently opposed by key constituencies in the Democratic base: LGBTQ groups, abortion rights orgs, human rights experts, etc.
But there is broad consensus for things like privacy & antitrust
But there is broad consensus for things like privacy & antitrust
November 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
KOSA, and similarly misguided proposals like age verification laws and attacks on Section 230, have been vehemently opposed by key constituencies in the Democratic base: LGBTQ groups, abortion rights orgs, human rights experts, etc.
But there is broad consensus for things like privacy & antitrust
But there is broad consensus for things like privacy & antitrust
And then his second response was to try to sue the advertisers under antitrust laws, alleging it was a coordinated effort, because conservatives *also* believe that it should be illegal not to like them
November 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
And then his second response was to try to sue the advertisers under antitrust laws, alleging it was a coordinated effort, because conservatives *also* believe that it should be illegal not to like them
Hopefully stronger antitrust laws.
November 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Hopefully stronger antitrust laws.
Anyway just putting it out there, but antitrust laws are a very very good thing
November 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Anyway just putting it out there, but antitrust laws are a very very good thing
serious follow-up: effective regulation is difficult, even more so with an industry in need of antitrust intervention. a blue congress can only do so much with a DOJ and FTC full of clowns.
HOWEVER? consider what political cachet the industry had during the obama years. that's never coming back
HOWEVER? consider what political cachet the industry had during the obama years. that's never coming back
lmao at all the tech billionaires who saw 2024 and went "mandate???" and tied themselves and their entire fucking industries inextricably to a sinking ship
November 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
serious follow-up: effective regulation is difficult, even more so with an industry in need of antitrust intervention. a blue congress can only do so much with a DOJ and FTC full of clowns.
HOWEVER? consider what political cachet the industry had during the obama years. that's never coming back
HOWEVER? consider what political cachet the industry had during the obama years. that's never coming back