2025-02-21
If the FTC were serious, it would focus on the third-party groups who openly state they are working to influence tech firms to take down content they dislike. Section 5 of the FTC Act could be used to prevent this type of invitation to engage in hub and spoke collusion. 2/2
Bloomberg
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 ...
A big tech firm unilaterally taking down content does not violate the antitrust laws. And the idea that the big tech firms are colluding with each other to do so doesn't pass the laugh test, let alone engaged in a group boycott to exclude content they don't even compete with 1/2
Bloomberg
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 ...
2024-07-04
The nice thing about a cult like ideology is that you never really lose even when you do. “However, the text, structure, and history of the FTC Act reveal that the FTC lacks substantive rulemaking authority with respect to unfair methods of competition under Section 6(g).”
NPR
A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's ban on noncompete agreements set to take effect on September 4, and plans to rule on August 30
A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.