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Apple testifies that "we did not copy Tile's product, we did not copy Tile's application... this is a very different product. We're excited to compete and offer that choice to our consumers." — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Match's Jared Sine also alleges that Google tried to retaliate when it found out about Match's testimony today, citing a phone call last night inquiring about its remarks. Google's rep says "I respectfully don't view that as a threat, and we would never threaten our partners." — PolitiTweet.org
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Match Group tells lawmakers that app store fees are its "single largest expense, eclipsing *half a billion* dollars annually." — PolitiTweet.org
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Tile's Kirsten Daru went after Apple's just-announced AirTag device, complaining that Apple has rebuffed Tile's requests to access the same ultra-wideband wireless chip in Apple devices used by AirTag "because Apple has decided to reserve its use exclusively in its product." — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Spotify now blasting Apple for its control over the iOS app store. "Legislative action is urgently needed to give antitrust enforcement agencies the tools they need to prevent gatekeeper platforms like Apple from abusing the power of their platform" —Spotify's Horacio Gutierrez — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @ceciliakang: Vanita Gupta will have a big DOJ portfolio. Big Tech should pay attention for her experience as a consistent critic of Fac… — PolitiTweet.org
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Apple's chief compliance officer now making the company's case, focusing heavily on the app store's security and innovation benefits. "The app store isn't just a store; it's a studio stocked with canvases, brushes and paint, the tools that artists need to create their works." — PolitiTweet.org
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Lee returns to a line he's used before, attempting to characterize platform moderation decisions (like Parler's removal) as evidence of an antitrust problem even as he acknowledges those decisions aren't a per se antitrust violation. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Lee immediately brings up Parler in his opening remarks and how it was removed from the app stores. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Klobuchar argues that any benefits Apple and Google have created for consumers or developers don't offset antitrust liability they may incur if they are "harming competition with other developers." — PolitiTweet.org
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The Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing on app stores is getting underway. Watch live here: https://t.co/2UhxQJPA5m — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
The folks behind Signal found vulnerabilities in a widely known iPhone unlocking tool that threaten to make the tool essentially worthless at its job https://t.co/l8ILXyKLAf https://t.co/x6tU4LFwZK — PolitiTweet.org
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The funniest part of this is why the Postal Service is calling it the “covert operations program” as if calling it Super Duper Secret will, in fact, keep it a secret https://t.co/4YdOcjh6pZ — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
And the hearing’s over now. On to the app store hearing, which begins in just under two hours! — PolitiTweet.org
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Khan seems to take a veiled swipe at Facebook’s $5 billion FTC privacy settlement, saying that "in some cases, some of these companies may think it’s actually worth the cost of business to violate privacy laws." Critics have panned the deal as little more than a wrist-slap. — PolitiTweet.org
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Ted Cruz is now asking Khan explicitly about tech industry "censorship.” Khan deftly sidesteps, citing concerns about vertical integration and behavioral advertising. — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @BrendanBordelon: Lee now asking Khan whether the consumer welfare standard of antitrust is "lacking." Lee and Khan have publicly stak… — PolitiTweet.org
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Given her prior antitrust work, would Khan recuse herself from cases dealing with Facebook, Amazon or Google? Sen. Lee asks. Khan says blanket recusals are generally about financial conflicts of interest, not concerns about prejudgment which the FTC handles on a case-by-case. — PolitiTweet.org
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@ashk4n @joshsternberg beat you to that one haha — PolitiTweet.org
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Sounds like there’ll be a phone line during the trial supporting up to 200 media outlets at a time during the trial and another phone line that will similarly support several hundred members of the general public. — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
In a Zoom hearing, the judge in the Epic v. Apple case is currently reminding the public that the trial — which starts May 3 — will last at least two weeks, maybe more, and not to expect a decision about Fortnite right away. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Blackburn asks what Khan would’ve done on some of the Obama-era mergers. Khan argues that regulators were too deferential to claims the internet would always be competitive. “There’s a growing sense that some of those merger reviews were a missed opportunity.” — PolitiTweet.org
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Khan largely steers clear of a veiled question about alleged anti-conservative bias on the part of social media platforms and says the FTC could use its transparency powers to understand black-box algorithms better. — PolitiTweet.org
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Khan being asked numerous questions about consolidation in agriculture. She points out the FTC’s jurisdiction over ag has been curtailed but that the Packers and Stockyards Act is a “hidden gem of a statute” that should be brought back to the fore. — PolitiTweet.org
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“Longer term… we expect more scraping incidents and think it’s important to both frame this as a broad industry issue and normalize the fact that this activity happens regularly” — PolitiTweet.org
Donie O'Sullivan @donie
Facebook comms accidentally sent a journalist its strategy for downplaying leak of its users data. It notes with… https://t.co/oMXQ2QC3m4
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Just coming back to this but earlier Sen. Nelson said he believes the White House is considering nominating a woman to be NASA CFO. — PolitiTweet.org
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She adds, on app store policies, that some platform terms “lack any type of beneficial justification” and that in those circumstances, policymakers should be “especially skeptical and look really closely” at those policies. — PolitiTweet.org
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Lina Khan tells Sen. Wicker that common carrier regulation of tech platforms should be on the table as one possible policy response to tech platform dominance. — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @dnvolz: New: The Biden Justice Department has formed a new task force overseen by John Carlin aimed at breaking the back of the digital… — PolitiTweet.org
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The first hearing is about to begin. You can tune in here: https://t.co/ojCe20Abhn Space nerds will also find this one worthwhile, as former Sen. Bill Nelson (an erstwhile leading member of the committee) is also getting a confirmation hearing to be NASA administrator. — PolitiTweet.org
