Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
what's next for advertisers looking for controls Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Not-for-profit ad group GARM shuts down after X lawsuit Seb Joseph / Digiday : Elon Musk's lawsuit shatters GARM, reveal...
Google formally endorses right to repair and will testify in favor of a law in Oregon, says regulators should ban “parts pairing”, a tactic used by Apple
The Android phone maker says go ahead, fix your own phone. Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google Pixel supports Right to Repair bill, calls for ‘parts assemblies’ over lone components Sebastian Pier / PhoneA...
Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks
a huge setback. As we learned when I authored CA's successful net neutrality law, these industries will stop at nothing to kill pro-consumer laws https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @aclu : Without a ...
Republicans, who opposed common carrier status for ISPs in the net neutrality debate, now want social media platforms to be treated like “public utilities”
Washington Post : Tweets: @viacristiano , @sayreevan , @jeffjarvis , @adamthierer , @karlbode , @karlbode , @willoremus , and @aclu Tweets: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : New: How did the GOP, whic...
Elon Musk says his Twitter takeover “cannot move forward” until the CEO proves bots are <5% of users, since his offer was based on “SEC filings being accurate”
Good morning! If Parle gave India Thums Up, Goldspot … Tweets: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Twitter claims that >95% of daily active users are real, unique humans. Does anyone have that experience? Elon M...
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access
what you need to know Ben Gilbert / Insider : Google and Roku are locked in a contract dispute, and YouTube TV is the first casualty: The streaming service has been pulled from Roku devices Todd Spang...
DOJ's antitrust suit against Google is being driven by cronyism and election season politics, not by a serious concern about monopoly power
but Trump's shadow will continue to loom over the case, especially if he's reelected Franklin Foer / The Atlantic : The Irony of the Google Antitrust Suit Bloomberg : U.S. Case Against Google Mimics S...
The FCC has no jurisdiction over Section 230, which was explicitly written to deny the FCC any authority over websites
President Donald Trump shakes the hand … Tweets: Ajit Pai / @ajitpaifcc : I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230. Read my full statement below. https://...
Apple says it “vehemently disagrees” with the conclusions reached in US House report and doesn't have dominant marketshare in any categories of its businesses
now it's time to rewrite the laws Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Former App Store Director Says Apple Uses Guidelines “As a Weapon Against Competitors” Akshat Arora / Micky : House Democrats ...
US says three members of international piracy ring Sparks Group have been arrested, in coordination with 18 countries, and charged with copyright infringement
Karl Bode / VICE :