Should Revised Merger Guidelines Address Potential & Nascent Competition?
Plus our latest podcast, cameras in Congress, and a lot of Section 230
Antitrust: Bilal hosted a panel discussion of the analysis of mergers involving potential and nascent competitors, and whether and how the merger guidelines might be revised to more directly address mergers that may affect future competition.
Good Governance: On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, Corbin and Ari discussed the GOP’s obsession with supposed “Big Tech censorship,” its performative new “weaponization” subcommittee, its strange quest to turn spammy fundraising emails into a political cause, and more.
We joined a coalition letter urging Congress to allow C-SPAN to broadcast House floor proceedings using cameras under their independent control, just as they did during the recent election of the Speaker of the House.
On The Todd Herman Show (skip to 8:50), Ari discussed the hurdles surrounding a bipartisan consensus on tech legislation, the First Amendment implications of recent government meddling, and more.
Section 230: On this week’s Broadband Breakfast, Ari discussed Gonzalez v. Google and how algorithms have become the new bogeyman for critics of Section 230. He warns that the plaintiffs and the federal government would seemingly turn the Internet into a “big pile of unusable mush.”
Gizmodo and Broadband Breakfast both quoted Corbin’s amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google on how the Internet has flourished under Section 230, and debunking claims it hinges on a distinction between platforms and publishers.
Social Media Legislation: In Communications Litigation Today (paywall), Corbin explained that SCOTUS is likely “playing for time” by requesting input from the DoJ on social media laws from Texas and Florida.
Legal Foundations: Corbin’s latest Law & Liberty essay on Richard Posner was referenced in Above the Law, RealClearBooks, Marginal Revolution and Upstract.
Online Discourse: On Friday, January 27, join Ari for a lively debate about the challenges around online discourse and polarization in public life, hosted by Convergence Center for Policy Resolution.
When mining companies merge, are they called a COALition?