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I’m so tired. — PolitiTweet.org

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If nothing else tonight, Yang’s email list is gonna be yuge — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m just getting around to reading Judge Chhabria’s order on Facebook’s motion to dismiss, and there’s a lot to digest. But I’m particularly amused by his barely concealed disdain for EULAs, ToS and other legalese that companies know full well nobody reads or understands https://t.co/VuCkL8Uriv — PolitiTweet.org

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Not sure how he came up with €120K but it ends up being a really interesting number. Stick that in an index fund for 30 years and thanks to the magic of compound interest, you’ll have ~ €1M by 55, or enough to pay yourself €25-35K annually even if you never saved another penny — PolitiTweet.org

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Also remember when Marriott paid $600K to the FCC after it was caught jamming people’s WiFi hotspots? Fun times. https://t.co/wHFl1ahoD1 — PolitiTweet.org

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The password is funny and all, but it’s something about the delivery in "proceed to Internet as normal” that gets me — PolitiTweet.org

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And she just said "blockchain technology … is quite interesting from the point of view of antitrust.” !! — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking at a Fordham University law conference, France’s top competition regulator, Isabelle de Silva, is somewhat negative on breaking up big tech companies. A better answer, she says, is sector-specific regulators and regulation on things like elections, hate speech, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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FTC staff probing Big Tech have entered a new phase and are now working “primarily [on] actual investigations,” a top official says: https://t.co/9XwC8ie7a9 Experts say it’s a step forward for regulators but that the FTC is under intense pressure to look like it’s doing enough. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jfdulac: Sad news, but what a final cover from @WaPoExpress https://t.co/vvFaBo0btb https://t.co/Wkv8NLR3Y8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Today’s House antitrust hearing on Big Tech has been postponed to another date TBD, according to a spox for Rep. Cicilline. — PolitiTweet.org

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Perhaps the most contorted rendition of “we’re not a ______, we’re a tech platform!” in the history of tech platforms — PolitiTweet.org

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Experts say it reflects how the FTC is beginning to zero in on specific types of conduct and theories of harm. But they also say there’s tremendous pressure for the FTC to look like it’s being proactive and aggressive, esp. as states and international regulators spool up, too. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: A top FTC official says the agency’s tech task force has “turned primarily to actual investigations, rather than what you might think of as ‘lead generation.’” Signals something of a new phase for antitrust regulators looking into Big Tech: https://t.co/9XwC8ie7a9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh and don’t forget the 9/17 symposium on disinformation and election security hosted by the FEC’s chair https://t.co/bvTL9TLqKL — PolitiTweet.org

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A busy few weeks on the Hill for tech coming up: 9/12 House Judic. antitrust hearing on data/privacy 9/17 Senate Judic. oversight hearing of antitrust regulators 9/24 Senate Judic. hearing on tech mergers And now a 9/18 hearing on online extremism https://t.co/ezWTwWfrh9 — PolitiTweet.org

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The official explanation is “because you can now read the Post on the subway from your phone,” but part of me also wonders if it’s not a casualty of this phenomenon https://t.co/PGh3EByeQV https://t.co/Cz08QL1S48 — PolitiTweet.org

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I was in high school when they first launched this, and read it pretty much daily on my ride to class. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow: @washingtonpost is ending @WaPoExpress, the short-form newspaper it gives away to commuters riding the Metro https://t.co/IiJtkI0xkK — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackwhittaker This is next-level — PolitiTweet.org

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Separately, Sayyed said, his office is working on additional guidance related to vertical mergers — deals involving companies from related but different sectors — as well as mergers that are meant to eliminate a rival. (The latter has been hotly discussed in the tech context.) — PolitiTweet.org

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The remarks make it sound like just another one of the agency’s periodic guides but this could shape everything from the cases the FTC decides to bring to the legal arguments it makes. — PolitiTweet.org

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The guidance will basically be a roadmap for how the FTC can identify and correct anti-competitive behavior in tech. "It is intended to support the immediate and long-term enforcement efforts of the Commission,” Sayyed said at a conference at Georgetown University today. — PolitiTweet.org

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FTC staff are working on a set of guidelines laying out how antitrust laws apply to big tech companies like Google and Facebook. No word on when it’ll be ready but Bilal Sayyed, director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, said today it’s his “highest priority." — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m just coming up for air. Have they said anything about an iPhone SE yet? — PolitiTweet.org

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CEOs of dozens of companies — including Amazon, Comcast, FedEx, GM, Target and Walmart — are calling for a national privacy law today in a letter to congressional leaders: https://t.co/cO3Kjcp1v4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Markets are weird, man https://t.co/Woulq2Cixo — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s more on today’s antitrust announcement targeting Google. With 50 AGs involved, DC AG Karl Racine said it’s an “unusual setting” for a group that normally disagrees on issues ranging from gun control to reproductive rights. https://t.co/7nQaZgQ1QF — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Here’s more on today’s antitrust announcement targeting Google. With 50 state AGs involved, DC AG Karl Racine said it’s an “unusual setting” for a group that normally disagrees on issues ranging from gun control to reproductive rights. https://t.co/7nQaZgQ1QF — PolitiTweet.org

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Chaotic good, right here — PolitiTweet.org