“We applaud the 50 attorneys general for taking this unprecedented stand against Big Tech by uniting to investigate Google’s destruction of competition in search and advertising,” said Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy in a statement. “Today’s announcement marks the start of a new era.”
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Salon’s Andrew Germanos reports on the multistate probe targetings Facebook’s antitrust violations. She sites a statement issued by Open Markets Deputy Director Sarah Miller.
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NBC News reports that many companies have cozied up to the nation’s capitol, but none have accrued the kind of reach and presence that Amazon will soon boast. Open Markets fellow Matt Stoller weighs in.
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"This morning's announcement is a major step forward in the broadening effort on the part of our democratic institutions to address Facebook's monopoly power," said Open Markets Deputy Director Sarah Miller in a statement today.
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Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard speaks with The Telegraph about what a big tech probe by the U.S. attorneys general would mean and how the law could be leveraged against Google. Any upcoming probe into Google would also rely on the Sherman Act, and proving that the search giant has both “monopoly power and exclusionary conduct” says Hubbard.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss problems that the Big Four accounting firms pose and share a feature magazine piece on Open Markets.
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The FTC could do more to punish companies like Google and Facebook over privacy violations. But the bigger problem is that Congress continues to do nothing at all. "Often the problem with privacy issues is that the FTC's authority is limited, but here the FTC's authority under COPPA is ample," says Sally Hubbard, director of strategic enforcement at the nonprofit Open Markets Institute told WIRED.
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"The FTC has shown time and again that it is unwilling to stand up to corporate monopolies despite some window-dressing type announcements," said Open Markets Chief of Staff Laura Hatalsky in a statement.
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