Protecting Competition in New and Emerging Technologies
Big Tech companies are expanding their market dominance. It's past time that regulators scrutinized these monopolies!
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Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz could be bad news for Big Tech
The Washington Post | Nov 14, 2024
Lina Khan’s FTC went after Big Tech. Trump could dial that back.
The Washington Post | Nov 12, 2024
It’s time to stop the monopolization of generative AI.
Big Tech’s Takeover of Generative AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and others limits competition, jeopardizes consumer rights, privacy, and ethical AI advancement.
Our Mission
Support a robust and competitive technology ecosystem by opposing anti-competitive business practices and promoting the need for greater industry accountability.
Specifically, we oppose consolidation in the industry that undermines worker protections and employer accountability, threatens data privacy and security, encourages market concentration, and limits consumer choice.
About NextGen Competition
George Rakis
Executive Director
George Rakis is a long-time veteran of national politics and progressive advocacy. He has worked with environmental groups as Director of the Climate Action Campaign, the labor movement, and electoral politics.
As executive director, he's working to support a robust and competitive technology ecosystem that opposes anti-competitive business practices that undermine worker protections, threaten data privacy, and limit consumer choice.
Ending Bad Business Practices
Our work focuses on protecting consumers and employees while holding Big Tech accountable by shining a light on business practices that:
Violate consumer privacy
Limit consumer choice through industry consolidation
Hinder a worker’s ability to organize
Encourage and enable worker harassment
Empower dictators and despots
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Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz could be bad news for Big Tech
The Washington Post | Nov 14, 2024
- One of President-elect Donald Trump’s most contentious nominees to date could also be his most threatening to Google, Apple and other tech giants.
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Lina Khan’s FTC went after Big Tech. Trump could dial that back.
The Washington Post | Nov 12, 2024
- The Biden administration’s antitrust warrior has some populist GOP support, but the new president appears more focused on curbing regulations than corporate power.
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What Donald Trump’s Win Means For AI
Time | Nov 08, 2024
- When Donald Trump was last President, ChatGPT had not yet been launched. Now, as he prepares to return to the White House after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, the artificial intelligence landscape looks quite different.
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Tech Giants Face a Familiar Uncertainty With Trump
The New York Times | Nov 07, 2024
- Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and others learned during the last Trump administration to expect the unexpected when it came to Washington scrutiny and support.
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What a Trump Victory Means for Tech
The New York Times | Nov 06, 2024
- Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit from a more hands-off approach to antitrust. Listen to this article · 11:26 min Learn more
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Trump 2.0 will have a massive impact on Big Tech, AI, chips and more—in Silicon Valley and beyond
Fortune | Nov 06, 2024
- Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. president will have massive repercussions for the technology sector.
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How Lina Khan Became an Election Hot Topic
The New York Times | Nov 05, 2024
- The Federal Trade Commission chair drew increasing political vitriol as the presidential vote neared. Her political future hangs in the balance.
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The Elephant in the Room in the Google Search Case: Generative AI
Tech Policy Press | Nov 04, 2024
- The elephant in the room is generative AI, which is rapidly transforming the search engine market landscape. Look no further than Google’s own generative AI chatbot Gemini, which provides users with an impossible-to-opt-out-of “AI Summary” at the top of Google’s own search results page.
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US laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope
TechCrunch | Nov 04, 2024
- Can the U.S. meaningfully regulate AI? It’s not at all clear yet. Policymakers have achieved progress in recent months, but they’ve also had setbacks, illustrating the challenging nature of laws imposing guardrails on the technology.
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