Publications
Open Markets Institute’s Europe Director Max von Thun, in collaboration with partners European Policy Centre and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, has published a policy briefing urging European Union leaders to strengthen their resolve in tackling Big Tech despite increasing pressure from the new Trump administration and US tech billionaires.
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Europe director Max von Thun argues that the EU should resist US pressure to ease Big Tech regulations and instead strengthen its digital sovereignty for economic and security reasons.
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Europe director Max von Thon urges the EU’s next Competition Commissioner to take bold action against corporate monopolies, especially in digital markets, and to establish a clear vision for fostering fair competition and innovation.
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Europe director Max von Thun published an article on the collusive behavior by Big Tech firms that leads to poor product quality, such as Google’s AI hallucinations.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun demands a new economic vision for the European Union by pursuing competition to create a robust political economy that can take back power from corporate behemoths.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun urges Brussels to use its existing powers under competition law and the Digital Markets Act to challenge Big Tech’s growing influence over AI in this article.
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Europe director Max von Thun coauthored an article warning that the UK, as well as regulators around the world, needed to more effectively legislate the emerging AI space, rather than let Big Tech firms take the lead.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun talks about the progression of a deal between leading AI startup Anthropic and Amazon.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun writes on the opportunity for the UK Liberal Democrats to position themselves as the party serious about taking on concentrated economic power.
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In this issue, we look at how the FCC’s new Democratic majority could act to rein in Big Tech, and at Musk’s misuse of Starlink.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun gives updates on the developments of the Digital Markets Act as the EC provides further regulator conditions against Big Tech.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun describes how merger between Vodafone and Three, two of the biggest telecoms companies in the UK will drive up prices for consumers and kill competition.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun talks about the advancement of new antimonopoly enforcements on Big Tech in the UK.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun examines how the European Union’s regulatory authorities maybe falling behind in the fight for competition.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun writes a piece on the EU’s green subsidy response to the Inflation Reduction Act, risking the success of small businesses.
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