Washington Post - Facebook’s biggest critics say whistleblower’s ideas for regulating the tech giant aren’t enough

Senior Legal Analyst Daniel Hanley shines a light on the issues baked into Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s proposed solutions for neutralizing Facebook.

ClippingsDaniel HanleyOctober 8, 20212021, Daniel Hanley, October 2021, Facebook, Big Tech

Report Update | Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Worker Surveillance Continued

This research paper is an update to Open Markets’ 2020 report, “Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Surveillance Infrastructure and Revitalizing Worker Power,” and details Amazon’s further attempts to amplify and widen employee monitoring into September 2021.

Reports & White PapersDaniel HanleySeptember 23, 2021Amazon, Daniel Hanley, Privacy, Big Tech, Primary Feature, September 2021, 2021

Democracy Journal - Pass Corporate Chartering Power to Washington

Senior Legal Analyst Daniel Hanley demonstrates why Congress should incorporate federal corporate chartering into their antimonopoly agenda to democratize the economy and to ensure corporations operate in the public interest.

A Personal Note from Daniel Hanley: Without You, I Would Not be Able to do This Work

Daniel Hanley, senior legal analyst, writes about the staff and the successes of Open Markets— Together we are striving to ensure our mission of ridding the economy of corporate monopolies, becomes a reality.

BlogsDaniel HanleySeptember 7, 2021September 2021, 2021, Daniel Hanley

Broadband Breakfast - Federal Communications Commission Must Block Verizon’s Acquisition of TracFone

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley explains why the FCC should block Verizon’s attempt to merge with a critical competitor and market participant.

Common Dreams - Amazon's Relentless Surveillance Must Be Stopped

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley writes in Common Dreams about Amazon’s latest ploy to release an Alexa-enabled tracking device for children—and the corporations larger crusade to monopolize markets and surveil consumer and third-party merchants.

The Washington Monthly - Let's Make Google Share Some Secrets

Policy analyst Daniel Hanley demonstrates how federal antitrust enforcers could use compulsory licensing to help bolster and speed up other anti-monopoly efforts, especially when it comes to tech giant Google.

A Sequel Report: Amazon’s Pervasive Surveillance Extends from Workers to Competitors and Consumers Too

New report enumerates a plethora of predatory, exclusionary, and unfair practices that Amazon implements to surveil its competitors and consumers.

ProMarket - History Provides a Valuable Lesson on How Monopolists Use Exclusive Deals to Fortify Their Market Power

Policy analyst Daniel Hanley details ways U.S. law can be leveraged to ban exclusive dealing by dominant firms.

Competition Policy International - How Self-Preferencing Can Violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute writes in Competition Policy International about how self-preferencing can violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

The State Anti-Monopoly Machine is Waking Up; Even More Can Be Done

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute, writes about the vast regulatory powers to restructure markets and curb excessive concentrations of corporate power that U.S. state governments have.

ArticlesDaniel HanleyMay 20, 20212021, May 2021, Daniel Hanley, Antitrust Law, Politics, Primary Feature

Open Markets - FTC Releases Report on Right to Repair – It’s an Excellent Start

Daniel Hanley walks us through the FTC’s May 5, 2021 report to Congress on the Right to Repair.

ArticlesDaniel HanleyMay 6, 20212021, May 2021, Daniel Hanley, Antitrust Law, Secondary Feature, FTC

The Supreme Court Gutted the FTC’s Power to Make Cheating Corporations Pay for Their Crimes

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute writes about how a recent Supreme Court decision has starkly narrowed the FTC’s power to easily return stolen funds to consumers.

ProMarket - Fixing Facebook Would Take More Than Collective Action – It Requires Structural Change

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute published a piece in ProMarket about the actions needed to combat Facebook’s conflicts with hate speech, in addition to ad boycotts from large corporations.

The Reboot - The Case for Rethinking Section 230 and Bloated Tech Monopolies

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute presents our stance on the ever-controversial Section 230 in The Reboot.

Op-EdsDaniel HanleyMarch 29, 20212021, February 2021, March 2021, Big Tech, Free Press, Primary Feature, Daniel Hanley

Slate - How Antitrust Lost Its Bite

Daniel Hanley, senior legal analyst, details the definition, history, and importance of clear bright-line rules when it comes to antitrust law.

Common Dreams - The FCC Seeks to Hinder Female and Minority Broadcast Ownership for Policies Favoring Concentrated Corporate Ownership

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst at the Open Markets Institute, and Beth Brodsky, former Louis Brandeis Law and Political Economy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute, write in Common Dreams showing that the FCC’s push to restructure America’s broadcast communication ownership would be a crushing blow to the already deficient levels of female and minority ownership in the broadcast industry.

Op-EdsDaniel HanleyJanuary 28, 2021Primary Feature, Daniel Hanley, January 2021, 2021, Racial Equity, FCC

Washington Monthly - The FTC's Strong Case Against Facebook Could Have Been Even Stronger

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst for Open Markets Institute, writes in Washington Monthly about two mistakes the FTC made in its antitrust case against Facebook.

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