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ROUNDUP: Plot to Thwart State A.I. Laws Draws Condemnation From All Corners
The addition of a ten-year moratorium on state laws regulating A.I. to the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House Energy & Commerce Committee last week and the House Budget Committee late last night has drawn swift condemnation from a broad range of voices: “Late last night, while America was sleeping, House Republicans advanced a […]
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MSNBC: OPINION: Republicans want to pass a giveaway to Trump’s new favorite industry
Senate Republicans are pushing a bill that would grant some of the biggest companies in history a dangerous chance to operate their own financial systems. By Sacha Haworth on 5/19/25 Last week, the Senate nearly gave away the literal bank to Big Tech. A crypto bill called the GENIUS Act would have allowed Big Tech […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Condemns Big Tech Handouts in House E&C Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project vehemently condemned Republican House Leadership’s Big Tech handouts in the Energy and Commerce Committee’s reconciliation package. The bill would create a baffling 10-year moratorium on new state-level AI bills and nullify existing laws on the books, like laws protecting people from AI child sex abuse material (CSAM), […]
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EVENT RECAP: The Tech Oversight Project Fireside Chat on Google Remedy Trial
Watch the full speaking program and Q&A here WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project circulated footage from its fireside chat about the Google search remedy trial. The program included opening remarks from Doha Mekki, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, followed by a moderated panel with Sacha Haworth, […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Condemns House Leadership Efforts to Defang FTC, Gutting Antitrust Authority
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project vehemently condemned Republican House Leadership’s effort to permanently hobble antitrust enforcement by defanging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), currently led by Big Tech critic Chairman Andrew Ferguson. By including the One Agency Act in its budget reconciliation package, Speaker Mike Johnson and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan […]
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MEMO: Don’t buy what Google is selling: monopolies are a national security threat. Congress should act faster than the courts.
MEMORANDUM To: Interested Parties From: Sacha Haworth, Executive Director, Tech Oversight Project Re: Don’t buy what Google is selling: monopolies are a national security threat. Congress should act faster than the courts. Date: April 23, 2025 PURPOSE: Google is a national security threat because monopolies don’t share American interests. With a monopoly breakup still years […]
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TWICE GUILTY: The Tech Oversight Project Applauds Judge Brinkema for Convicting Google of Ad Tech Monopoly
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement in response to Google’s second monopoly conviction – this time in the ad tech market. Judge Brinkema found that, “Google has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in open-web display publisher ad server market and the open-web […]