Tech Freedom
Biden targets social media companies during State of the Union address
Calls for regulation.
Justice Department sues to break up Google’s monopolistic ad business
A major antitrust lawsuit.
Germany investigates PayPal over market dominance, anti-competitive practices
Germany is also looking into other tech giants.
Rep. Ken Buck says Google is the “greatest threat to speech in the market”
Buck has introduced several bills aimed at curbing Big Tech power.
President Biden calls for bipartisan regulation of Big Tech
In a new op-ed.
Google tries to get antitrust lawsuit dismissed
The Big Tech giant argues it didn’t break antitrust law.
“Landmark” lawsuit accuses mainstream media of forming coalition to censor “misinformation”
An alliance formed in March of 2020 is facing scrutiny.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is helping to fund the salaries of dozens of Biden officials
Some of these officials have been placed with the goal of focusing on AI and clean energy — two areas where Schmidt has investments.
New Zealand wants to force Big Tech to hand over cash to mainstream media
Cementing dominance.
Apple forces Coinbase Wallet to drop iPhone NFT transfers or pay Apple a commission
Apple’s restrictions once again stifling innovation.
Ron DeSantis: Apple nuking Twitter from the App Store would “merit a response from the United States Congress”
“That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power.”
Tensions grow between Apple’s censorship practices and Elon Musk’s Twitter
Elon Musk has made censorship threat claims about Apple.