April Threads 2024
Threads from ICLE scholars on trending issues for the month of April 2024.
To almost no one's surprise, today the @FCC announced it will be voting on imposing Title II regulation on broadband internet. But, it's way more than just #netneutrality. A ?? … https://t.co/eBnFtMCFws
— Eric Fruits, Ph.D. (@ericfruits) April 3, 2024
To almost no one's surprise, today the @FCC announced it will be voting on imposing Title II regulation on broadband internet. But, it's way more than just #netneutrality. A ?? … https://t.co/eBnFtMCFws
— Eric Fruits, Ph.D. (@ericfruits) April 3, 2024
Net neutrality is still a bad idea.
— Rep. Real Diehl (@Real_EdDiehl) April 3, 2024
If you support the newly proposed American Privacy Rights Act because it will eliminate the "patchwork" of state privacy laws, but are skeptical of a top-down federal privacy mandate (as you should be!), read on! @Jim_Harper and I have a better solution. ? 1/19 pic.twitter.com/wvYUqRuaXt
— Geoffrey Manne (@geoffmanne) April 8, 2024
BEAD, "all-in" pricing, digital discrimination, #netneutrality, "bulk billing" ban … while Khan's FTC gets all the attention, Rosenworcel's FCC is wiping the board. https://t.co/AQg75aQVlN
— Eric Fruits, Ph.D. (@ericfruits) April 8, 2024
Two weeks ago, @EU_Commission launched DMA investigations against Apple, Google and Meta.
I have just published a blog post with some initial thoughts ?
TL;DR, below:https://t.co/Dck1JJ943M
— Dirk Auer (@AuerDirk) April 9, 2024
Last week @Meta filed a Motion for Summary Judgement (MSJ), seeking dismissal of the @FTC's 2020 “monopolization” lawsuit. Here at @LawEconCenter we read the whole thing, so you don’t have to. A ?: pic.twitter.com/3yylfQfgS2
— Mario Zúñiga (@MZunigaP) April 9, 2024
Ahead of yet another Section 230 hearing today, it is worth considering the tradeoffs inherent in immunity, accountability, and collateral censorship (a short ?)https://t.co/dZi0r6jT1x
— Ben Sperry (@RBenSperry) April 11, 2024
The module taught by @GiuColangelo will be dedicated to #Apps & #VideoGames?
?By grappling with theoretical issues & real-world case studies, you'll emerge equipped to assess regulatory strategies and employ legal and economic tools.
Secure your spot? https://t.co/Ob6GnhcQpw pic.twitter.com/WU86s9PldZ
— Centre for a Digital Society (@EUI_CDS) April 12, 2024
Remember when Barack Obama said, “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone?” Well, sometimes a pen and a phone won't do and Congress needs to step in.
Key portions of the telecom sector are jammed up and only Congress can clear the jam. https://t.co/pqrmNBMaQx pic.twitter.com/DnR4DozTC6
— Eric Fruits, Ph.D. (@ericfruits) April 17, 2024
Wait digital tyranny is when you get a targeted ad? Like as bad as when British exploited Americans through taxation without representation? This speech from Congresswoman Rodgers is a bit nutty at the Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing. https://t.co/JSnxNT7tCZ
— Ben Sperry (@RBenSperry) April 17, 2024
Reading the EU EDPB's opinion on 'pay or consent,' it's like watching them try to bend over backwards to target 'big tech' without harming German newspapers, while being forced by the Court of Justice to swallow the bitter pill that 'pay or consent' is lawful.
— Miko?aj Barczentewicz (@MBarczentewicz) April 18, 2024
Extremely happy for the opportunity to discuss about the #DMA with the @StanfordLaw community next Thursday (April 25th).
Thanks to @xavierquer and the Stanford Antitrust Law and Policy Association for the kind invitationhttps://t.co/2GyHvNDgvs— Giuseppe Colangelo (@GiuColangelo) April 19, 2024
The final rule goes further than the proposal. Never would have guessed that.
Proposed rule bans for *all workers* pic.twitter.com/NqrwmVHfK1
— Brian Albrecht (@BrianCAlbrecht) April 23, 2024
Perhaps this is a good opportunity to once again pitch my physician noncompete paper (open access) here: https://t.co/K4xsAlCDyr
— Daniel J Gilman (@DanielJGilman1) April 23, 2024
With the @FCC again reinstating net neutrality today, I consider the FCC's (and the Biden administration's) argument on the First Amendment implications of editorial discretion @TOTMblog, titled Net Neutrality and the Paradox of Private Censorship. A ?https://t.co/qkSK3Xmku2
— Ben Sperry (@RBenSperry) April 25, 2024
My @LawEconCenter wp on #sherlocking, ie platform’s use of non-public third-party business data (pre-print version also here https://t.co/wmW1iFPxWB) has been published in World Competition https://t.co/ov15Ti965V. pic.twitter.com/qrkXBN6DKz
— Giuseppe Colangelo (@GiuColangelo) April 27, 2024