My latest Truth on the Market article explores the FCC's ongoing broadcast-ownership rulemaking and argues that piecemeal regulatory reforms are no longer sufficient amid the rapid shift from broadcast to streaming. As streaming now accounts for nearly half of U.S. television

Great post on the Amazon "dark patterns" case by Daniel J Gilman. "The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Amazon": truthonthemarket.com/2025/09/29/the…

would do this.

This week: Geoffrey Manne at Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute | ALTI challenging the foundations of DCRs. Understand how DMA, Apple's compliance, and Android Auto reveal a new focus on rent redistribution over traditional consumer welfare goals. Register for the event on Friday ⬇️

A good example of revealed preferences.

#Competition #AI 🚀 Big development: OpenAI just dropped its own web browser, ChatGPT Atlas. A short 🧵 on why this is exciting from a competition POV:

excellent piece piece on some leaked details of potential changes to the GDPR from my colleague Mikołaj Barczentewicz eutechreg.com/p/leaked-gdpr-… A great point made: even with the benefits of these changes, enforcement will remain a problematic issue given the temperament of the DPAs

interesting explanation of regulatory chilling effects - No AI training in UK because of overstrict regime, which means that UK creators who might have a valid case otherwise, can't bring a suit at all! h/t Mikołaj Barczentewicz technollama.co.uk/getty-images-v…

In comments on the proposed EU Space Act, kristian stout & Eric Fruits, Ph.D. explain how its mechanisms would likely introduce economic distortions and structural barriers that would impede, rather than enhance, its stated goals. They suggest several revisions. 🔗 ⬇️

A joint working group by Int'l Ctr Law & Econ and @newamerica recently released a report on the main LEO satellite policy challenges. Join us tomorrow, Nov. 13 for a symposium discussing the group's findings on spectrum access, market competition, and expanding connectivity. 🔗 ⬇️

Semiconductors are clearly one of the most important industries in the world. They run everything: AI, cars, the digital economy. Yet people haven't focused on market competition in this industry. New paper out with Geoffrey Manne, David Teece, and Mario Zúñiga remedies that

My first post on Truth on the Market covering the FCC quadrennial review process and specifically why the question of whether competition exists in a market is an economic one, not a political one subject to agency deference. truthonthemarket.com/2025/11/12/the…

And we're off! 🚀Int'l Ctr Law & Econ and New America kick off the LEO Satellite Policy Symposium with FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz. First topic of the day: not succumbing to "space doomerism."

I can't believe the Fischer amendment is still in the NDAA. Congress should strip the NDAA language that hands DoD a veto over spectrum changes already governed under the OBBB. This would give military bureaucracy a permanent check on the Administration’s ability to manage

Today, my ICLE colleagues Geoffrey Manne, kristian stout and I filed an amicus brief in Massachusetts v. Meta

My latest with kristian stout on an Australian content quota bill like that is currently working through the legislature. We've been seeing these bills around the world, largely target American tech companies, and present significant non-tariff barriers to trade.