With each cloud outage, calls for government action grow louder

CyberScoop | Nov 05, 2025

• Public interest groups want the feds to investigate the systemic risk from market share, while tech and security experts worry about single points of failure.

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Big Tech’s Most Effective Lobbyist, Jim Jordan, Is Temporarily Constrained

Common Dreams | Oct 12, 2025

• The House Judiciary Committee under Jordan has not merely diverged from bipartisan concerns over corporate power, it has helped neutralize any meaningful legislative solutions by redefining the very nature of the threat.

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Pay-to-Play Antitrust: How Trump’s Justice Department Is Gutting Competition Law

The Well News | Sep 05, 2025

• Can the fight against concentration of economic power survive the incredible attacks coming from within the Trump administration? Decisions are now being made by political appointees and lobbyists with no antitrust expertise against the advice of the administration’s own experts.

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US keeps up the heat on EU tech laws

Politico Morning Tech | Aug 08, 2025

• Probing a Meta acquisition: A dozen public interest groups are asking the FTC to investigate Meta’s purchase of Scale AI over antitrust concerns. Read their letter here.

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Exclusive: FTC pushed to investigate Meta's Scale AI deal

Axios Pro | Aug 07, 2025

• The Federal Trade Commission should investigate Meta's investment in Scale AI, a dozen consumer advocacy and competition groups wrote to the agency Thursday.

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Advocacy Groups Urge FTC to Probe Meta’s $14.3 Billion Investment in Scale AI

Competition Policy International | Aug 07, 2025

• A coalition of consumer advocacy and competition watchdog organizations is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Meta’s recent multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence firm Scale AI.

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FTC Urged To Investigate Meta's $14.3B Scale AI Investment

Law360 | Aug 07, 2025

• A group of advocacy organizations is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Meta's recent $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, saying it fits into a "buy or bury" strategy to eliminate competition...

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US FTC should investigate Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, groups say

MLex | Aug 07, 2025

• Meta Platforms' investment in Scale AI by acquiring a 49% stake for $14.3 billion is deeply concerning as it is an effort by the tech giant to further entrench its market power in generative AI model development, personal social media networking; and digital advertising, a group of 12 advocacy groups said in a letter to US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.

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Watchdogs Seek FTC Probe Of Meta-Scale AI Deal

Media Post | Aug 07, 2025

• Advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Meta Platforms' $14.3 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in artificial intelligence company Scale AI.

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Developers Sue Apple for Failing to Comply With In-App Payments Order

NextGen Competition | May 06, 2025

• A class action suit alleges that Apple undercut subscriptions and in-app purchases by refusing to comply with a court injunction.

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Lina Khan Is Big Tech's Worst Nightmare—Here's Why She Should Stick Around

Common Dreams | Dec 18, 2024

• You know you’re making an impact when you’re challenging the status quo and ruffling feathers on both sides of the aisle. Regardless of Trump's arrival, she should stay at the FTC as long as she possibly can.

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Congress to Shine Light on Vulnerabilities Exacerbated by Large Technology Companies

The Well News | Sep 24, 2024

• Make no mistake, the impact of July’s massive global CrowdStrike outage was the result of a software monopoly that has become a single point of failure for too much of the global economy.

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