Tech Freedom
Antitrust lawmakers decry Big Tech monopolies yet host their press conference inside Facebook’s walled garden
Instead of promoting alternatives, the lawmakers directed viewers to a Big Tech stream.
Apple admits its own Files app showed first when users searched for competitor Dropbox
Apple says it was a “mistake.”
Draft antitrust bills against Big Tech circulate Washington
2021 should be the year a bill is submitted.
Facebook’s Nick Clegg accused of trying to influence appointment of UK regulator
Ofcom refuses to say what their meetings with Clegg entailed.
Apple increases its advertising business after curbing competitors’ tracking ads
Apple’s ban on ads tracking is good for user privacy but puts it at odds with regulators now it’s also growing its own ads business.
Research: 60-70% of social links go to just 10 online domains
The consolidation of attention.
Sen. Jon Ossoff blasts Big Tech for being “arbiters of legitimate speech”
Ossoff took aim at the way tech gatekeepers control the ideas that people see.
Roku blows the whistle on YouTube’s “anti-competitive” demands
Roku may be forced to drop YouTube TV.
Reddit blocks links to Rumble in private messages
An anti-competitive move against the growing platform.












