Regulation and Antitrust

Please join ITIF for an online presentation and discussion with Robert D. Atkinson and David Moschella, co-authors of Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy.

Watch now for an expert panel discussion on how South Korea’s regulatory choices will shape its future as a global tech leader, and what the broader implications will be for its strategic positioning in the U.S.-China rivalry.

The neo-Brandeisians’ attempted coup of the U.S. antitrust enterprise likely will soon prove to have been short-lived.

New technologies, not antitrust actions, have tended to humble tech giants of the past. There ’s no reason to believe that won’t be the case today as regulators target a new set of companies.

While it remains uncertain what Ribera’s tenure will bring, early signs indicate she could drag sustainability into competition policy and pursue an unacceptable double standard of pushing European firms to grow while singling out American ones for aggressive enforcement.

Unfortunately, new proposed guidelines for enforcing against abusive exclusionary conduct untether liability from likely harms to competition and consumer welfare.

Watch now for a virtual panel discussion with experts exploring the merits and implications of the DOJ v. Google ad tech case.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan is once again stoking unsubstantiated fears about algorithmic pricing—the practice of using algorithms to offer customers different prices based on dynamic market conditions—but this time, her examples are even more outlandish.

The DOJ's proposal to break up Google is unusual and would have disastrous consequences for consumers, innovation, and American competitiveness.

While the Biden administration champions the need for private sector innovation to drive U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, its Justice Department wants to put one of America’s top innovators—Google—on the chopping block.