In response to Megalag's video and my article showing Honey not just failing to stand down, but affirmatively concealing that violation -- affiliate networks Rakuten and Impact have expelled and suspended Honey.

I posted Summary Judgment briefs and exhibits for Edelman v. Harvard. 1000+ pages of exhibits. Overall, these show the HBS “Faculty Review Board” not following the governing procedures, and not seriously trying. www.edelman-v-harvard.org/summary-judg... (1/11)

If you’re not following the Honey saga you should be. Excellent series of videos from MegaLag with @benedelman.org in the latest, absolutely insane, seemingly blatantly fraudulent behavior.

In partnership with MegaLag, new findings show Honey not only violated affiliate "stand-down" rules, but hid from testers -- using its privileged browser plugin status to read other sites’ cookies and infer who was testing. www.benedelman.org/honey-detect... (1/4)

What's going on with AppLovin? It's complicated mikeshields.substack.com/p/applovin-a...

How Adware Manipulates Attribution to Monetize a Merchant’s Own Traffic - VPT Blog - vptdigital.com/blog/how-adw...

Online marketing thought-leader Tye DeGrange interviewed me in his podcast Always Be Testing. Broad focus: affiliate marketing abuse -- why enforcement is hard, how incentives shape outcomes, what advertisers can do. open.spotify.com/episode/2oum...

Last week's spoliation filings in In re Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation. Forceful criticism of Google's misconduct collecting facts from multiple cases. www.benedelman.org/google-disco...

In docket DOT-OST-0031 www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT-O... , passenger David Granet complains that his AA Systemwide Upgrades (earned for substantial flying on AA) expired at midnight Dallas time on the day of expiration. He lives in California and intended to apply them in the final hours. (1/5)

The monopoly round-up for the week is out. Why is Wall Street unconcerned over Google's antitrust losses? Probably because Google has generated an additional half a trillion in revenue while on trial for business methods a judge called illegal. Crime pays. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...

Feeling glum at the withdrawal of Mint from BOS-SEA. Believe last flight is April 29. Already gone from JFK-SEA. I was able to commute Boston-Seattle weekly, overnight both ways, for many months thanks to this unmatched product. @martysg.com, I hope you'll find a way to bring this back profitably!

The inimitable Edward Hasbrouck works through flying without Real-ID on May 7, 2025 and beyond. papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/2...

Notable new passenger complaint to DOT: www.regulations.gov/document/DOT... . Guy exchanged credit card points for Virgin points, redeemed for parents & brother w/ same last name. Virgin claimed "fraud" and canceled the tickets. "Decision is final", they say. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, we miss you.

Meta wants to argue that the Facebook app competes with YouTube. An uphill battle for sure. Below, @kint.bsky.social shows a notable FTC filing that tilts the odds even further against Meta.

In other Judge Boasberg news, New York Times just filed to intervene on behalf of the public interest. They take a page out of US v Google in 2023 where Judge Mehta has reflected in hindsight that courtroom and documents were closed off unnecessarily. Bravo.

Strong complaint by a passenger who bought a ticket for travel on Japan Airlines... and, contrary to explicit statement in the booking process, was sold travel on AA. Screenshots indicate clear violation of codeshare disclosure rules. Details below.

OK, Google. lol, Kent Walker.

@kint.bsky.social correctly points out two decisions criticizing Google spoliation. Plus two other cases where a decision is likely. And one where Google avoided a decision (because Viacom didn't pursue spoliation vigorously). Quotes & primary sources at www.benedelman.org/google-disco...

DOT today fined Turkish Airlines for arbitrarily limiting baggage reimbursements in violation of Montreal Convention. DOT learned about this thanks to an excellent third-party complaint from Mirel Baumgarten, submitted using template and instructions on my site. www.benedelman.org/turkish-bag-...

wow. Upon Court order, incriminating exhibits were unsealed at 3:30am in an AI lawsuit against Meta. Once past a 'fake privilege,' it appears Zuckerberg approved the use of a highly controversial, pirated dataset. Note OpenAI, too? AI companies with no ethics or guardrails. /1

Many people watched MegaLag's excellent video about Honey claiming affiliate commissions not fairly earned. But this is more than a question of fairness. There are detailed contracts on point. benedelman.org/honey-breach...

California regulator CPUC required Uber to fingerprint drivers who transport unaccompanied minors ("Uber Teen"). Rather than do so, Uber suspended the service -- and blamed CPUC. My thoughts at www.benedelman.org/teen-safety-... (1/3)

bsky.app/profile/xjon... JonNYC posts about JetBlue Mint service cuts including JFK-SEA and BOS-SEA. These as routes where Mint should thrive -- competitors offer recliners; JetBlue has lie-flat beds. (In contrast, on JFK-LAX/SFO, competitors have lie-flat beds, so JetBlue's edge is smaller.) Sad.

For a deep dive on Google discovery violations, I read 5,000+ pages of litigation documents, then pulled out the most notable quotes from plaintiffs, Google, and G's employees. 6,000+ words of quotes at bit.ly/googledisc (1/6)