Hiltzik: Closed doors at the Google antitrust trial
Much of the testimony and evidence in the important antitrust case against Google is hidden from the public, making a mockery of free access to the federal courts.
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Much of the testimony and evidence in the important antitrust case against Google is hidden from the public, making a mockery of free access to the federal courts.
I’ll lay my cards on the table: I disagree with tech policy luminary Tim Wu’s support for a lot of the child safety bills being proposed in the US right now. But his Atlantic story on their failure underscores just how bad Congress has been at passing any regulation (or even empowering tech oversight agencies to function) amid a bunch of grandstanding about “Big Tech”:
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 7:48 p.m. I love Google. I love the sleek, minimalist and colorful aesthetics of its products and the convenience of a centralized, easily accessible cloud.
We hear why users' fear of changing default settings on tech devices is at the heart of the government's antitrust case against Google.
Antitrust laws were designed to ensure that American businesses compete vigorously to serve consumers.