Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 · @BenjaminHCCarr
1037 followers · 2750 posts · Server hachyderm.io
After Blocking #LockheedMartin Acquisition over #monopoly concerns, #FTC Allows Another #Defense Firm to acquire #AerojetRocketdyne for $4.7B
#L3Harris hired a former senior #Pentagon official who managed #defensecontracts after #antitrust crusader #LinaKhan was confirmed as Federal Trade Commission chair. The FTC has repeatedly heralded the Lockheed Martin block as one of its major successes #CongressionalStaffers pointed to a revolving door between L3Harris and Pentagon
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/31/ftc-defense-mergers-lockheed-l3harris/
#lockheedmartin #monopoly #ftc #defense #aerojetrocketdyne #l3harris #pentagon #defensecontracts #antitrust #linakhan #congressionalstaffers
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
12 followers · 20256 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meTheOnion: FTC Issues Fines For Sassy Retail Employees Who Cut Declined Credit Cards In Half https://www.theonion.com/ftc-issues-fines-for-sassy-retail-employees-who-cut-dec-1850797468 #federaltradecommission #identitydocument #corporatecrime #creditcard #linakhan #cashier #retail #labor
#federaltradecommission #identitydocument #corporatecrime #creditcard #linakhan #cashier #retail #labor
Cory Doctorow · @pluralistic
47310 followers · 44831 posts · Server mamot.frThe work of enforcers like DoJ antitrust boss #JonathanKanter, #FTC chair #LinaKhan, and #SEC chair #GaryGensler is at the heart of #Bidenomics: muscular, fearless deployment of existing regulatory authority to make life better for Americans.
Of course, "existing regulatory authority" isn't the last word. The judges filling stolen seats on the illegitimate #SupremeCourt invented the #MajorQuestionsDoctrine and have used it as a club to attack Biden's photocopier-kickers.
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#jonathankanter #ftc #linakhan #sec #GaryGensler #Bidenomics #supremecourt #majorquestionsdoctrine
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
943 followers · 25407 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caArs Technica: Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961333 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #JusticeDepartment #anti-competition #antitrustlawsuit #amazonbooks #e-commerce #antitrust #linakhan #authors #e-books #Policy #Amazon #books #FTC
#Tech #arstechnica #it #technology #justicedepartment #anti #antitrustlawsuit #Amazonbooks #e #antitrust #linakhan #authors #policy #amazon #books #FTC
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
6 followers · 14151 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: Amazon Now Punishes Merchants Who Ship Their Own Products https://gizmodo.com/amazon-adds-2-fee-for-merchants-who-ship-own-products-1850744966 #federaltradecommission #sellerfulfilledprime #onlinemarketplace #criticismofamazon #amazonmarketplace #businessfinance #onlineshopping #3dpublishing #bloomberglp #jasonboyce #surcharge #linakhan #gizmodo #amazon
#federaltradecommission #sellerfulfilledprime #onlinemarketplace #criticismofamazon #amazonmarketplace #businessfinance #onlineshopping #3dpublishing #bloomberglp #jasonboyce #surcharge #linakhan #gizmodo #amazon
IT News · @itnewsbot
3624 followers · 270520 posts · Server schleuss.onlineAmazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee - Enlarge (credit: josefkubes | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus)
... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961333 #justicedepartment #anti-competition #antitrustlawsuit #amazonbooks #e-commerce #antitrust #linakhan #authors #e-books #policy #amazon #books #ftc
#ftc #books #amazon #policy #authors #linakhan #antitrust #e #amazonbooks #antitrustlawsuit #anti #justicedepartment
IT News · @itnewsbot
3597 followers · 269522 posts · Server schleuss.onlineAmazon gets “last rites” from FTC as antitrust complaint looks imminent - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)
After a ye... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959569 #federaltradecommission #antitrust #jeffbezos #linakhan #monopoly #policy #amazon #tech #ftc
#ftc #tech #amazon #policy #monopoly #linakhan #jeffbezos #antitrust #federaltradecommission
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
924 followers · 24569 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caArs Technica: Amazon gets “last rites” from FTC as antitrust complaint looks imminent https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959569 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #federaltradecommission #antitrust #JeffBezos #linakhan #monopoly #Policy #Amazon #Tech #FTC
#Tech #arstechnica #it #technology #FederalTradeCommission #antitrust #jeffbezos #linakhan #monopoly #policy #amazon #FTC
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
45857 followers · 43619 posts · Server mamot.fr
Meanwhile, #LinaKhan, the #DoJ and the #FTC are taking steps to halt the economic side of enshittification, publishing new #MergerGuidelines that will ban the kind of anticompetitive merger that let Big Tech buy its way to glory:
The internet doesn't have to be enshittified, and it's not too late to disenshittify it.
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#linakhan #doj #ftc #mergerguidelines
White House Press Office · @press
69 followers · 281 posts · Server whitehouse.org
Kudos to the FTC Chair for her bravery and honesty! #FTC #LinaKhan #Courageous #UpholdingJustice #Microsoft. It's no wonder the FTC has won the majority of its cases - they are the guardians of the people and their refusal to accept wrongdoings is commendable. Let's keep fighting for fairness and justice! #JusticePrevails #DoWhatIsRight http://www.techmeme.com/230725/p15#a230725p15
#ftc #linakhan #courageous #upholdingjustice #microsoft #justiceprevails #dowhatisright
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
44368 followers · 42556 posts · Server mamot.fr
#biden #pizzaburgers #linakhan #ftc #microsoftactivision #judgejacquelinescottcorley
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
44333 followers · 42466 posts · Server mamot.frYesterday, I wrote about why the #FTC and #LinaKhan were right to try to block the #MicrosoftActivision merger, and I heard from a lot of people saying this merger was the only way to check #Sony's reign of terror over video games:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion
But replacing one monopolist with another isn't good for anyone (except the monopolists' shareholders). If we want audiences and workers - and society - to benefit, we have to *de-monopolize* the sector.
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#ftc #linakhan #microsoftactivision #sony
ProtectiveHen · @bok_bok_ba_gok
168 followers · 3224 posts · Server mas.to@pluralistic Yet another great piece, how #LinaKhan is working for US.
Life today in the usa:
"The business lobby and their pathetic Renfields have hoarded all the nice things and they don't want us to have any."
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
826 followers · 22183 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
Kotaku: FTC Blasted By Congress And Gamers For Doing Its Job https://kotaku.com/microsoft-ftc-xbox-activision-congress-appeal-blizzard-1850638519 #gaming #tech #kotaku #proposedacquisitionofactivisionblizzardbymicrosoft #unitedstatesantitrustlaw #federaltradecommission #activisionblizzard #ftcvmicrosoft #darrellissa #mikeybarra #kevinkiley #microsoft #linakhan #biden #sony #kahn
#Gaming #Tech #kotaku #proposedacquisitionofactivisionblizzardbymicrosoft #unitedstatesantitrustlaw #FederalTradeCommission #ActivisionBlizzard #ftcvmicrosoft #darrellissa #mikeybarra #kevinkiley #microsoft #linakhan #Biden #sony #kahn
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
3 followers · 3940 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.me
Gizmodo: Elon Musk, King of Censorship: 10 Times the 'Free Speech Absolutist' Silenced Twitter Users https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-users-1850570720 #december2022twittersuspensions #twitterunderelonmusk #receptayyiperdogan #viewsofelonmusk #freedomofspeech #shadowbanning #mattyglesias #narendramodi #taylorlorenz #receptayyip #truthsocial #drewharwell #johncusack #jackdorsey #adamschiff #elonmusk #substack #linakhan #twitter #elonjet #doxing #xcorp #meta
#december2022twittersuspensions #twitterunderelonmusk #receptayyiperdogan #viewsofelonmusk #freedomofspeech #shadowbanning #mattyglesias #narendramodi #taylorlorenz #receptayyip #truthsocial #drewharwell #johncusack #jackdorsey #adamschiff #elonmusk #substack #linakhan #twitter #elonjet #doxing #xcorp #meta
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
3 followers · 3875 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: The Feds Are Investigating ChatGPT's Hallucination Problem https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-openai-ftc-investigating-hallucinations-1850636374 #generativepretrainedtransformer #computationalneuroscience #artificialneuralnetworks #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #hallucination #kamalaharris #kylemorse #samaltman #linakhan #chatgpt #openai #gpt4
#generativepretrainedtransformer #computationalneuroscience #artificialneuralnetworks #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodels #hallucination #kamalaharris #kylemorse #samaltman #linakhan #chatgpt #openai #gpt4
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
44108 followers · 42205 posts · Server mamot.frBut neither claim holds water. Far from being pie-in-the-sky idealists with no theory of change, the party's left is *incredibly* good at getting stuff done. Take the antitrust enforcers #LinaKhan and #JonathanKanter, as well as the recently departed #TimWu. They aren't mere idealists - they're *brilliant* tacticians and proceduralists who have figured out how to use their existing authority to do more than decades of their predecessors combined:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/18/administrative-competence/#i-know-stuff
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#linakhan #jonathankanter #timwu
IT News · @itnewsbot
3369 followers · 264966 posts · Server schleuss.online
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
697 followers · 20796 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caArs Technica: FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951005 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #linakhan #Policy #Amazon #FTC
#Tech #arstechnica #it #technology #linakhan #policy #amazon #FTC
robin · @nottrobin
209 followers · 912 posts · Server union.placeIt's happening! #FTC #linakhan #Amazon #amazonprime
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/21/amazon-sued-prime-cancel-ftc
#ftc #linakhan #amazon #amazonprime