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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Big Tech on Trial

‘Unprecedented’ Secrecy in Google Trial as Tech Giants Push to Limit Disclosures
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/technology/google-antitrust-trial-secrecy.html
Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust case enters its third week in court. 

The Google Antitrust Trial Is Really About the Future of A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/contributors/google-antitrust-trial.html

The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-real-stakes-of-the-google-antitrust-trial
The case, centering on Google’s dominance in the search-engine industry, will have implications that ripple throughout the tech world, and beyond. 

How Robert Bork Fathered the New Gilded Age
Much like in the first Gilded Age, antitrust enforcers today are hitting labor, not capital. This is thanks to Robert Bork’s radical and influential reinterpretation of antitrust law. In helping successfully rewrite antitrust, Bork left a legacy of corporate supremacy and individual powerlessness.” 

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My Take:
Big Tech and the antitrust debate: Do network effects outweigh competition concerns?
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/509933-big-tech-and-the-antitrust-debate-do-network-effects-outweigh-competition