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Statement on the Public’s Lack of Access to the US v Google Trial on Search Monopolization

The Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute released a statement to underline the deep concerns about the public’s lack of access to US v Google, a trial on the illegality of Google’s monopolization over online search and search advertising.

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Open Markets, the Authors Guild & American Booksellers Urge FTC and DOJ to Target Amazon’s Books Monopoly

Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and the American Booksellers Association have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging these agencies to focus on how Amazon abuses its monopoly power over the market for books and ideas, as regulators appear on the verge of bringing a major suit against Amazon.

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STATEMENT: Meta Promise to Censor News is an Affront to Democracy

Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Dr. Courtney Radsch, released the following statement condemning Meta for threatening to remove access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new Canadian law that would require the company to fairly compensate news publishers for the content they use and share.

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Open Markets & The Center for Journalism & Liberty Join Civil Society Groups Around the World in Signing onto Principles for Fair Compensation in Journalism & Big Tech

The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism & Liberty have signed onto a set of ten common principles for supporting independent, sustainable journalism through fair compensation and by rectifying the power imbalances of the digital era.  

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Open Markets & Farm Action Grade the Biden Administration’s Progress on Food System Competition Executive Order

Open Markets will host a virtual event on Monday, July 17th to check in once again on the executive agencies’ progress on behalf of farmers, workers, & the American people. Our goal: to understand what the Biden administration must accomplish in its remaining time in office.  

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Law Enforcers Must Act Now to Block Facebook’s Anti-Democratic Threat to California Citizens

Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement in regard to Facebook’s threat to cut off access to news in California Facebook feeds if lawmakers in the state pass the California Journalism Preservation Act.

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Barry Lynn Testifies to Senate Antitrust Subcommittee: Make Google, Facebook, and Amazon Safe for Democracy by Enforcing Traditional Non-Discrimination Rules

Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified on May 3, 2023 at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights on “Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem.”   

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