Sources: the US DOJ is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into whether Live Nation and AEG illegally colluded on concert refunds at the start of the pandemic
Bloomberg : X: @matthewstoller and @benbrodydc See also Mediagazer X: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : A criminal antitrust probe of Live Nation-Ticketmaster? Yes please. https://www.bloomberg.com/.....
US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment
including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big T...
How deepfake porn victims in NYC suburb Levittown helped convict the perpetrator, a former classmate, an ordeal further complicated by the lack of clear US laws
A group of young women in a New York City suburb, horrified to learn their photographs had been manipulated and posted online, took matters into their own hands. Bluesky: @leahnylen.bsky.social . X: @...
Sources: Meta learned the FTC opposed its Within acquisition via a tweet, highlighting Lina Khan's more adversarial stance; the FTC never sought sworn testimony
Bloomberg : Tweets: @briancalbrecht , @alexbarinka , @rstephens , and @leah_nylen Tweets: Brian Albrecht / @briancalbrecht : Whether you agree with the challenge or not, this is bad. We may hate Face...
Sources: DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter is barred from Google cases as the DOJ debates whether he must recuse himself after working with rivals like Yelp
The Justice Department's top antitrust official has been barred from working on monopoly investigations of Alphabet Inc.'s Google … Tweets: @revolvingdoordc , @sarahmillerdc , @matthewamiller , and @s...