Anyone who thinks strong antitrust is bad for startups needs to reckon with the 1970s & the launch of Apple, Microsoft, Sun, Oracle etc. into the gaps created by aggressive enforcement

I missed this story last week. Google uses green-speek to lobby a Green Party minister against the Digital Markets Act. This chicanery is a little funny Andreas Schwab @ASchwab.bsky.social. Kudos to Eoin O'Hare at Business Post for sifting through FOI and lobby returns. businesspost.ie/news/google-lo…

“it’s clear that despite initial optimistic proclamations the law [DMA] is not remotely self executing. Rather, it is every bit as hard to enforce as antitrust had turned out to be beforehand.” Cristina Caffarra

Yikes thestory.ie/2024/08/27/gui…

This is a really substantial and important decision, finally reading 230 as it was intended--and not extending immunity to algorithmically promoted content.

This one's a bit of a shocking Holy S#@&! moment. On Tuesday, the Third Circuit just ended Section 230 as we know it. It'll take a bit of time, but the business model of big tech is over. thebignewsletter.com/p/judges-rule-…

Twitter’s ‘trends for you’ algorithm is this morning entirely broken. Evidence attached.

The Economist is advertising internships economist.com/finance-and-ec…

I had not seen this — big budget for DSA technical assistance to the European Commission. Deadline is very soon. See link ec.europa.eu/info/funding-t…

Draghi's answer on data is to simplify & harmonise GDPR to help SMEs But I think he misses a big point, too Since giant US and Chinese tech firms misuse data to dominate the EU market, GDPR enforcement against them would clear space in the market for new EU innovators to grow

European Court of Justice traineeships (deadline 15 September) curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

The power of context in advertising

Champion Draghi pun by The Economist: “Mario druthers” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…

Well said Jonathan Kanter US Justice Department top antitrust enforcer says there is a crisis in academia. Instead of objective expertise, corporate money is poisoning independent expertise. justice.gov/opa/speech/ass…

“Our menus have been created with the foundations of current food trends and consumer preference whilst aiming to provide delicious, nutritious and versatile dishes.” With enough time, I can parse it.

Bravo Max von Thun Nvidia (and others) need scrutiny from competition authorities, to give the AI market a chance to function more healthily than the broken adtech/cloud/search/OS markets. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…