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Editorial: Don’t want the FTC to act on antitrust? Tell Congress to get moving. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 09:22How Trump’s own Supreme Court justice undercut his Facebook lawsuit (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 11:53Cristiano Lima joins The Post to anchor The Technology 202 (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 10:10States Target Google Play Store Practices in Antitrust Suit
Three dozen states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company operates an illegal monopoly with its Google Play app store. The bipartisan antitrust suit adds to the company’s mounting legal challenges. Led by the state of Utah and filed in the U.S.
Judge David Tatel’s lack of eyesight never defined him, but is woven into the culture of the influential DC appeals court (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 06:30Erik Wemple: Justice Gorsuch is concerned about Internet disinformation, but his solution is backwards. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:11Three months, 700 steps: Why it takes so long to produce a computer chip (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:10Trump files class action lawsuits targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter over ‘censorship’ of conservatives (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:10The holiday break's over. Will Democrats act?
Nearly one-fourth of American households lack broadband access. A water main breaks every two minutes. With child-care costs soaring, more than 1 million workers—largely women—have been driven out of the economy, even as the economy reopens. Are Democrats ready to act? That is the critical question as Congress returns from its holiday break. While President Biden is selling the bipartisan infrastructure deal as a “generational investment,” the real effort will come from using the budget reconciliation process to pass vitally needed public investments with Democratic votes only.