its about damn time

This is 100% true. We’ve passed a key milestone, but there’s still a lot of history to be written and Google will do anything it can to get in the way of progress.

🟠 U.S. Judge Rules Google's Monopoly is Illegal 🟠 Statement on the U.S. v. Google ruling: Judge Amit Mehta issued an historic ruling today saying in no uncertain terms: "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly." Google has used its monopoly

The judge in US v Google noted that Google appeared to have destroyed evidence. If that is the case it is very important that Google not get away with it or destruction of evidence will be the standard operating procedure in antitrust cases. DOJ has filed the appropriate motion.

This statement is giving “o'doyle rules!” energy

In 2016, Google changed a single line in its privacy policy, indicating the most significant boost to its surveillance machine in a decade: linking behavioral data across ads and user accounts. A recently unsealed internal doc provides details on this project, known as Narnia2:

1. Last year a jury found that Google violated the law through illegal monopolization related to its App Store. As the court now considers how to remedy Google’s law violation, FTC filed a brief laying out principles for crafting an effective remedy. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Do you remember just three months ago when DOJ dropped the hammer in closing arguments?

It’s nuts that providing simple pricing info in app in 2024 is novel, but let’s go. Oh, only in Europe… newsroom.spotify.com/2024-03-04/the…

Google's AI Overviews come at steep cost to sites that users would otherwise visit. But publishers say they can’t afford to block Google’s AI from their content - because it would mean risking their visibility in Google search. Story with Davey Alba: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

There is a corporate PR campaign to lie about Lina Khan’s court record, and high-profile journalists like Matthew Yglesias are falling for it. Let’s clear this up. Chair Khan has won 90.3% of merger challenges that went to court. 🧵1/3 therevolvingdoorproject.org/matt-yglesias-…

Borrowing from Carville: Its the index, stupid! Great piece from Davey Alba and Julia Love about the immense power of Google’s search index (maintained illegally) over not just the general search market and publishers, but the future of AI too. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking w/ Rebecca Allensworth, Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen & Kamyl Bazbaz about what the Google antitrust case could mean for consumers, the company, and the future of the internet. ❓Should the government break up Google? 📻 Listen: kqed.org/forum/20101019…

Pardon me. There isn't yet enough discussion about the AI implications of Google's dominance. I want to share a bit of important math in the recent decision that Google not only has monopoly power but illegally abused it. Google sees *19 times the queries of rest of market.* 1/4

New data point: Google's illegal monopoly reaps $400 million *per day* in ad revenue. That's a whole lot of money for an illegal business model. Under the new CA leg deal to resolve CJPA, Google would pay just $30M - 0.02% of ad rev - to news outlets. kcra.com/article/califo…

Breaking: BIG #privacy decision as Ninth Circuit reverses Google #Chrome win, saying Judge Gonzalez Rogers got it wrong in granting SJ for Google because a "reasonable consumer" would understand its privacy disclosures. content.mlex.com/#/content/1586…

🚀KEY INSIGHT: Comparing the 2024 platform & convention to previous DNCs reveals that emphasis on antitrust, tech accountability & kids’ online safety has skyrocketed. theverge.com/2024/8/21/2422…

Ahead of Google's adtech antitrust trial next week, it's worth noting Google internal comms team has recently told press FALSELY allegations around its controversial "Jedi Blue" deal with Facebook are no longer active. Press should be asking why...considering the details. /1

"Shoved down our throats." That's how Stephanie Layser, former VP of Ad Tech at $10B/yr mass media company NewsCorp, described the ever-changing rules imposed by Google on its digital ad exchange. If NewsCorp can't negotiate a fair shake, no one can. 🧵