Antitrust
Three Policies That Will Make or Break U.S. Tech Competition with China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
The American Path to Competitive Advantage
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
2023 Will Be a Huge Year for the War on Big Tech
2023 could be a watershed year for public policy regarding Big Tech. Since 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the European Union (EU) have...
Can Consumers Afford Biden’s Antitrust Crusade?
Since the early 1980s, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have operated by embracing an economic philosophy that supports federal antitrust policy and law enforcement...
Antitrust Action Supports Human Rights, Not Just Competition
GreatFire is a China-based, anti-censorship organization that’s worked since 2011 to expose digital censorship by the Chinese government and help Chinese citizens freely access information. Today, we’re throwing our weight...
Can the Antitrust Movement Take Down Big Tech?
Since 2020, the U.S. government has significantly increased its antitrust crackdown on internet companies. The Trump administration launched several investigations and lawsuits against Big Tech companies for their mismanagement of...
Antitrust Legislation Threatens Harm to U.S. Consumers and Innovation
Congress is considering a number of legislative proposals that would dramatically transform U.S. antitrust law, making it more in line with foreign antitrust laws such as in the European Union...
No Magic Bullet: The Difficulties of Reforming Big Tech
In tech policy, everything comes with a cost. If you remove more content, you’ll get accused of censorship. If you reverse course and allow more posts to stay up, you’ll...
Misguided Big Tech Antitrust Legislation Will Only Harm Consumers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined the chorus of voices calling for antitrust action against “ Big Tech“ firms like Google, Meta, and Amazon. In a letter sent to...
How Punishing Big Tech Harms America
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing its support for legislation that would ban large tech platforms (primarily Amazon, Apple, Google,...
Senate Attack on Big Tech Will Harm U.S. Economic And National Security
One of the biggest threats to U.S. national security and economic well-being is coming not from antagonistic nations such as Russia, China, or Iran. Instead, the source of this danger...
Could Antitrust Legislation Threaten National Security?
Here’s what you need to know: There is a real danger in allowing the FTC to set the kinds of limits on vertical mergers that it is seeking in the case...