Pluralistic: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump) (27 Jul 2026)

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How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump): Grant me the courage to change the things I can.
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Object permanence: Chilling Effects; Billy Bragg v Myspace; Glenn Beck calls murdered Norwegian children "Hitler Youth"; Photog sues Getty for $1b copyfraud; Best paid CEOs perform worst; Olympics v "Olympics"; Alberta tar sands v "hot lesbians"; IoT security apocalypse; 3 Little Pigs in pidgin; The nasty party; Copyright extortionist infringed fellow extortionist; Grandpa mobbed for photographing grandson in park; Ice Bucket Challenge didn't cure ALS; Twiddling enshittifies your brain.
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Pluralistic: How monopoly enshittified Amazon/28 Nov 2022

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How monopoly enshittified Amazon: Chokepoint Capitalism ruins everything.
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Pluralistic: 28 Sep 2022 Maintaining monopolies with the cloud

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Maintaining monopolies with the cloud: Microsoft, Oracle and other cloud giants use their terms of service to prevent competition.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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How and why to break up Big Tech: My new Locus column, "Vertically Challenged."
The Dawn of Everything: An essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny.
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This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
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The Doctrine of Moral Hazard

When it comes to self-preferencing, right wing economists are right: incentives matter.

A referee in a striped jersey extends his arm to make a call; perched upon his arm is a vintage newspaper political cartoon of Roosevelt as a trustbuster, swinging a club.

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee spent 23 hours debating a historically unprecedented package of tech competition bills, surprising observers by passing all six of the legislative proposals under consideration, with bipartisan support.

Each of the six bills is interesting in its own ways — for example, the ACCESS Act (HR 6487) uses interoperability and standards to reduce the costs we bear when we leave monopoly platforms behind, by letting us stay in touch with the friends who stay.

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