🚨 Scoop: The European Commission is preparing to launch a new case against Google under its landmark digital rules — possibly as soon as tomorrow — despite Trump’s threats of retaliation, sources tell The Capitol Forum. library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...

Don't miss the @skynewsrss.bsky.social investigation of how X's algorithm is fueling the British right-wing. If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Dominant digital platforms have "captured online information spaces," creating a systemic risk to media freedom and sustainability, pluralism, and democracy, according to a new policy manual from @oscemediafreedom.bsky.social www.osce.org/representati...

Book authors' $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic was a victory for creators. But as @EileenPomeroy breaks down, the narrow terms of the deal leave a lot of red flags for those concerned about AI corporations' illegal model training practices. www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

From early promise to pipeline of ads to value extraction: this is the cycle big tech rarely admits but that we all experience. Our editorial director Anita Jain reviews Cory Doctorow’s new book, "Enshittification." @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...

We are excited that this critical report includes CJL's work on must-carry provisions and platform media remuneration. We also applaud its recommendations of reforms to digital advertising markets and fair compensation for content used by AI that CJL has championed.

CJL director @courtneyr.bsky.social appeared on @brookings.edu's TechTank podcast with Marietje Schaake to discuss Europe’s efforts to assert digital sovereignty through the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. www.brookings.edu/articles/on-...

"[The platforms] are not neutral hosts; they are political actors with extraordinary power to distort the public sphere and undermine democracy in the United States and around the world." Read @courtneyr.bsky.social on Europe's fight against Big Tech: www.techpolicy.press/why-europes-...

Coverage of Margrethe Vestager's remarks at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social. For the full video of her remarks and Q&A, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1R-...

Media is an ecosystem and journalism is its keystone species. Whatever you think of journalists, the system collapses without them. This and more from @courtneyr.bsky.social of @openmarkets.bsky.social on the latest episode of In Reality.

ICYMI: Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa.bsky.social gave a masterclass on platforms, propaganda, the free press, and digital sovereignty at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday.

“There is pressure, fair enough, but this is not about US companies, but about the misuse of market power, no matter where the headquarters are,” Vestager said, speaking at a Brussels event by US think tank Open Markets Institute and human rights organisation @article19.bsky.social.

Tune in as CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social moderates the last panel of the Future of Democracy conference, live from the European Parliament in Brussels:

"Journalism, technology, and community" At the European Parliament, @mariaressa.bsky.social gives us a pathway to reclaim our rights & the future of our democracies. There will be no other time to fight back. 📺 Tune into the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw... (Photos: @omarhavana.bsky.social)

Day 2 of our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social starts soon! Tune in live at the European Parliament for opening remarks from MEP Alexandra Geese, Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicolae Ștefănuță, and CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...

Not to be missed! A series of high-level discussions on taking back control of digital spaces, speech, and access to reliable information. With anti-democratic powers on the rise, this conference could not be more timely. We hope you'll tune in today and tomorrow. Livestream below:

One thing the Luddites understood is that the advancement of technology has to be managed democratically, with special mind to preventing concentrations of power. CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in response to Trump Pressure Campaign in yet another attack on #freespeech. I’m deeply disappointed to see yet another corporation cave without resisting. This censorship is particularly problematic given its App Store monopoly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

This is exactly right. The world is on the brink of platform authoritarianism, and tech oligarchs are working overtime to capture this administration as well as the opposition. But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.

During the remedies phase of the #googleadtech case this week, we learned from witnesses why breaking up Google's monopoly over digital ads matters so much for the future of digital news. @checkmyads.org shares more: www.usvgoogleads.com/trial-update...

The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow @megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.

A few years ago, Open Markets & @cjl4news.bsky.social published a history of U.S. media policy, how it's shaped our information environments -- & recommended a path forward. Re-sharing it here now: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

It's amazing to see people respond to the censorship of #Kimmel and #Colbert. Now, we want to help people understand that the culture of deregulation going back to the 1980s got us today's media environment: highly consolidated & susceptible to anti-democratic control.

The time couldn't be more urgent for a convening on "The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power..." Join us & @article19.bsky.social, 15-16 October, in Brussels or via livestream: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

If you're wondering why major media companies are folding to Trump administration censorship (see cancellations of Kimmel, Colbert), take a look at their plans to grow even larger and more powerful. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social www.poynter.org/business-wor...

#GoogleAdTecg Just left the courtroom. First witness was Grant Witmore, VP of ad tech & programmatic revenue at Advance Local. DoJ touched precisely on all these points, as I broke down for @techpolicypress.bsky.social ahead of the remedies hearings today: techpolicy.press/doj-vs-googl...

The US Department of Justice and Google will face off today in federal court to argue about what remedies the court should impose to unwind Google’s monopoly in the ad tech market. Karina Montoya from the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute breaks down what’s at stake:

Another excellent round of stories from @elclip.bsky.social revealing the lengths Big Tech goes to shape the global information environment. This one hits close to home for us: their playbook for killing media compensation laws around the world (available in English). www.elclip.org/el-manual-de...

CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social joined the @dawnnews.tv DigiPod team to discuss the real world harms caused by our reliance on "self-regulation" from the makers of AI chatbots. Catch the full conversation here: youtu.be/Wt_sbumFGPo?...

"Billionaire media mogul David Ellison’s effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery should send chills to the whole media industry and Americans across the country..." Statement from @courtneyr.bsky.social on LinkedIn:

#antitrustradar If David Ellison is going to offer FCC Chair Brendan Carr the same conditions he did to get the Paramount purchase approved, what's be left of the First Amendment, media plurality & press freedom? What's left of the FCC 'oversight' role? www.wsj.com/business/med...

We are thrilled to see ambitious new investigative works from @elclip.bsky.social, revealing how Big Tech uses its wealth and power to coerce democracies around the world. First up, an exposé on how Silicon Valley conspired to kill Brazil's promising Fake News Bill: www.elclip.org/como-las-big...

If you're at #ONA25 today, join this high level conversation with @courtneyr.bsky.social and industry experts from @tollbit.com, Sphere Labs, and ScalePost to get ahead of the curve and learn about the emerging AI content licensing market.

Wondering how your newsroom can navigate the AI economy? Are you in NOLA for #ONA25? Join us @CJL4News for "From RAGS to Riches: Revenue Opportunities in the Emerging AI Content Licensing Market" & hear from @TollbitOfficial, @sphere_labs & @scalepostai. More at ona25.journalists.org/schedule

EU and Canada publishers have issued a joint plea to halt AI ‘strip mining’ of news

This administration is trying to blackmail our closest allies to protect Big Tech’s profits and power. Americans want leaders who are willing to fight back against these oligarchs. Infringing on the sovereign rights of the democracies that are taking up that fight is corruption, plain and simple.

The deal between Nexstar and Tegna is blatantly illegal, but this administration is changing the rules to help big corporations monopolize even more of our local media. CJL joined a coalition of free press, civil liberties, and labor groups to fight back. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Two top House Democrats are investigating whether Paramount and Skydance Media acquiesced to “illegitimate demands” from President Donald Trump in order to win approval for their merger.

The @thecoalition.bsky.social, of which CDT is a member, just launched a new report titled, “The State of Independent Technology Research 2025: Power in Numbers.” independenttechresea...

Well said:

The Department of Justice can use the ad tech monopoly remedies process to push Google to give back some of the revenue it has stolen from struggling newsrooms. We partnered with @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social to ask them to do just that.

New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta.

There's an incredible opportunity in the Google ad tech remedies trial in the US to get newsrooms the revenue #BigTech has taken from them: restitution. Find our letter to DOJ with @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social & @publicknowledge.bsky.social here: www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

If search and social media platforms eroded newsrooms' ability to bring in advertising dollars for their content, AI-driven search is likely the end of the road. We must work with policymakers & news orgs to ensure there is ample compensation for journalism. www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-drive...

Even as US judges may soon break Google + Meta monopolies, these lawsuits leave their harmful business models - surveillance advertising - largely untouched. More from Sandeep Vaheesan @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/1989...

Striking new analysis by @davidthewid.bsky.social and @nathanckim.bsky.social on how "Big Cloud" (wish I'd come up with that) are elbowing out VCs to lead investments in thousands of startups. Unlike VCs though, this isn't (primarily) about making money, but about entrenching market dominance.

Competition, localism, and diversity in the U.S. media is good for democracy. We're part of a letter to the FCC urging the agency not to abandon limits on news consolidation. @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fcc

Competition, localism, and diversity in the U.S. media is good for democracy. We're part of a letter to the FCC urging the agency not to abandon limits on news consolidation. @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fcc

16 press freedom, civil society & labor groups urge the FCC to think twice before abandoning limits on media consolidation: "Allowing for even more media consolidation poses too great a risk to our democracy, and to the free press on which it depends." www.journalismliberty.org/publications...

This can't continue to go unanswered. AI summaries must credit and do more to drive people to the actual news sites they are using to pull information. And compensate journalists for their work. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...