Wall Street Journal
Lina Khan Once Went Big Against Amazon. As FTC Chair, She Changed Tack. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/29/2023 - 06:25Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board recommends Congress impose restrictions on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/29/2023 - 06:25Secrecy of Google Antitrust Trial Leads to Blame Game (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 09/28/2023 - 13:10How Elon Musk Came to Influence the Fates of Nations
Elon Musk’s international influence poses an interesting problem for the US In a world where geopolitical leadership depends increasingly on technology, Musk ought to be one of the US’s most important assets. And yet he is a de facto independent actor. Musk owes his influence not to the control of oil, capital or private armies, but of technologies vital to economic competitiveness, national security and public opinion. NASA and the Pentagon depend heavily on Musk-owned SpaceX to get into space.
Amazon’s Own Track Record Undercuts the FTC’s Case (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/28/2023 - 06:24Editorial | The Biden FCC’s Plan to Brake 5G FCC Chair wants to reimpose net-neutrality rules that are illegal and unnecessary (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 06:38Philip Hamburger op-ed | Biden’s Social-Media Censorship Harms Us All (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 06:37Hollywood’s Writers Emerge From Strike as Winners—for Now (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 06:29FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging Illegal Online-Marketplace Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon, alleging the online retailer illegally wields monopoly power that keeps prices artificially high, locks sellers into its platform, and harms its rivals. The FTC and states alleged that Amazon violated antitrust laws by using anti-discounting measures that punished merchants for offering lower prices elsewhere.