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The Economics of Content Moderation on Social Media

Rafael Jiménez-Durán
Social media platforms have moderated user-generated content since their inception. Economics helps us understand why they do it and how to regulate them. Social media...
Antitrust and Competition

The Tech Barons’ Ideological Platter

Maurice E. Stucke
Far from their self-promoted image as the world’s most innovative companies, the major tech platforms stifle plenty of innovation and invest in innovations that...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Design Data Protection Laws That Actually Work 

Filippo Lancieri
More and more countries are passing data protection laws, yet empirical studies show that these laws rarely deliver on their promises. A new paper...
Antitrust and Competition

The Critiques Against the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Miss the Mark

Aaron Schur
In an opinion piece, Yelp’s general counsel Aaron Schur argues that recent criticisms against the bill, which the Senate is expected to vote on,...
Antitrust and Competition

Two New Papers Suggest Antitrust Law is Not Equipped to Address Personalized Pricing and Algorithmic Cartels

Allen Grunes
Two recent articles by Michal Gal and Ramsi Woodcock look at pricing algorithms and consumer harm. Both identify potential nightmare scenarios and question the...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Congress Should Pass the American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Fiona Scott Morton
The bill, which is the Senate is expected to vote on soon, would improve competition, increase innovation, benefit consumers, and provide the US with...
Antitrust and Competition

Should the European Union Require Tech Firms to Adopt a Common Charger?

Federico Innocenti
According to a new European Commission directive expected to be approved in the next few months, tech firms will have to use a common...
Antitrust and Competition

How Europe Can Enforce the Digital Markets Act Effectively 

Alexandre de Streel
As the European Commission gets ready to embark on the complicated task of implementing the recently agreed-upon Digital Market Act, which would regulate Big...
Antitrust and Competition

DOJ Antitrust Head Jonathan Kanter: “We Are Making It Very Clear: We’re Going to Hold Individuals Accountable”

Guy Rolnik
In an interview with ProMarket, assistant attorney general Jonathan Kanter, head of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, explains why he believes that the...
Antitrust and Competition

Rep. Ken Buck on the Need for Antitrust Reform: “Big Corporate America Scares People”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, Republican congressman Ken Buck explains why antitrust enforcement is so crucial to the US economy and American democracy, expands on...
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