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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
For 25 years, Public Knowledge has fought tirelessly for your rights in the digital era. If you care about defending free expression, securing your privacy, or promoting competition in online markets, we hope you’ll donate to our efforts this #GivingTuesday. Give today: publicknowledge.org/Giving
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Loved how he called out how flawed Judge Mehta's decision was in the search case - the emergence of AI is not indicative of the search market's competitiveness!!
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A fantastic display of speaking truth to power by @publicknowledge.bsky.social Senior VP, Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshN...
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Part II of Shut Your App: How Uncle Sam Jawboned Big Tech Into Silencing Americans
YouTube video by CommerceRepublicans
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Correct Judge Mehta didn't order Google breakup last week but late Friday night we saw DOJ is full speed ahead in its other remedies trial in 16 days and posted its PFJ (Proposed Final Remedies) now 60+ pages of brilliant detail. Let me walk you through key terms. /1
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in Cox v. Sony, arguing that broadband providers should not be liable for continuing to provide service to users, & should not be forced to disconnect their customers based on sole accusations of copyright infringement.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Annnnd we knew it was coming but it still frustrates: the FTC is dropping its appeal in the non compete rule litigation. Cmmr Slaughter’s statement: www.ftc.gov/system/files...
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Agreed. “Unreasonable” is framing that should cause some concern. It cuts against the underlying principle behind the ban.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Google search remedies decision is a stunning failure to hold Big Tech accountable. Read more on why, and what might come next here:
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
www.techpolicy.press/the-limits-o... "In the end, the civil society advocacy group Public Knowledge came closest to the real message of the judge’s decision in the search case, saying that “the courts cannot be the end-all, be-all of antitrust." Why thank you very much!
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The Limits of Antitrust Remedies in the Google Search Case | TechPolicy.Press
The decision revealed the fundamental limitation of antitrust as a way to structure markets in the public interest, writes Mark MacCarthy.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
There exist bipartisan proposals in the United States that address self-preferencing, discrimination, and interoperability (AICOA, ACCESS, OAMA) on behalf of the American people. The energy behind this hearing could be better spent on improving these competition proposals and passing them stateside.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Members of Congress are doing the American people a disservice by conflating foreign competition laws with American censorship while simultaneously doing nothing to address competition concerns directly. Despite ample opportunity to protect American consumers, Congress targets EU law instead.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
My brain is actively atrophying from the buzzwords with no evidentiary basis. To be clear: the DMA is about competition, not content. Solely for the sake of relevance, the DSA, not the DMA creates the system of trusted flaggers that they are concerned about.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Watching this hearing, "Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation" in House Judiciary. Rep Fitzgerald claiming that the EU's DMA will cost Americans $1 billion dollars every year and states "it's not just a number on a page." But WHERE is that number coming from??
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The underwhelming Google search remedies decision makes me recall a post I wrote on what happens after remedies: publicknowledge.org/beyond-remed.... Mehta's decision is a reminder that courts are not regulators. If we want industry-wide change, we need sector-specific regulation.
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Beyond Remedies: Why the U.S. v. Google Decision Underscores the Need for a Digital Regulator
The ruling is a step in the right direction to improve competition in the search and text advertising markets — but there is still more work to be done.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Frankly I'm disappointed that two years of my life led to this outcome, but I'm also perplexed. I'll dive deeper into the decision in a blog later this week. publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
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Public Knowledge Denounces U.S. v. Google Search Remedies Decision Avoiding Breakup
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Writer seems to throw away the source material (the book) and mentally replace it with the parody movie Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? @publicknowledge.bsky.social Policy Director @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social and Policy Counsel @elisephillips.bsky.social weigh in with @arstechnica.com: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.
Here’s the “least silly way” to wrap your head around the FTC’s war over X ads.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Join Public Knowledge for our upcoming in-person event on this paper, "The Kids Aren’t Alright Online: Building a Safer, Better Internet,” featuring panel discussions on how policymakers can create a safer online ecosystem for children and teens. RSVP today! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-kids-a...
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The Kids Aren't Alright Online: Building a Safer, Better Internet
All Day Event
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The kids aren't alright and it's time we do something about it. Read our latest White Paper as we dive into the heated debate on child safety online, and offer several recommendations to protect child users while preserving their rights to learn, explore, and connect. publicknowledge.org/childsafety
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The Kids Aren't Alright Online: How To Build a Safer, Better Internet for Everyone
This paper discusses the need for policymaking that prioritizes making the internet safer and privacy-protective for everyone and outlines how to get there.
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Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
While we wait on several antitrust cases against Google, Meta, Amazon, and Apple to survive this administration, here's a story I wasn't expecting to see, by @capitolforum.bsky.social: Dozens of Federal Judges Attended Antitrust Seminars Hosted by Big Tech-Funded Group (with Joshua Wright involved).
The headline and top two grafs of a story by Capitol Forum reporting that dozens of federal judges attended seminars in idyllic locales like Hawaii and Portugal held by a George Mason University law school organization funded by Big Tech.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Well, yes. Here's a fair, well researched article I wanted to share: www.promarket.org/2025/08/13/d...
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Do Firms Use Connections to the President To Avoid Antitrust Scrutiny? - ProMarket
In new research, Claire Liu and Jared Stanfield examine how relationships between corporate leaders and the United States president enable firms to capture regulation and avoid antitrust scrutiny.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The upcoming decision in the FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Meta over its acquisitions of WhatsApp & Instagram is poised to send shockwaves through the Big Tech industry, setting the tone for future litigation. But what exactly is all at stake, and what could come next?
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I am thrilled to see that competitive app markets are still a priority in Congress. Many thanks to Reps. Cammack and Trahan for leading the charge in the House on this with the App Store Freedom Act. You can read information on the bill, along with my quote here: trahan.house.gov/news/documen...
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Trahan Co-Leads New Bill to Open App Market, Protect Consumer Choice
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I can’t articulate how terrible this take is.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This Reddit AMA by former CFPB Chair Rohit Chopra is really really good: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
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From the IAmA community on Reddit: I ran the federal agency that was cracking down on junk fees – until I was fired. I’m Rohit Chopra, former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. AMA.
Explore this post and more from the IAmA community
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Lol
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🚨 The FTC is holding a workshop targeting transgender youth and their families on July 9. This Thursday, we’re answering with facts. Join us at 9 AM E.T. for a live-streamed panel with privacy experts, doctors, parents of transgender youth, & former FTC officials 👇 youtube.com/live/RqKbnnH...
Graphic with logos of Public Knowledge, LGBT Tech, and Fight for the Future. Title of event is "Culture War vs. Consumer Protection: How a Politicized FTC Fails Families, Patients, and Consumers." July 10, 2025, 9:00 AM EST.
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 07/07/2025
Do you have opinions about tech policy and AI? Do you enjoy yelling at Congress? Want to get paid to combine those two things? Come work with us!
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Government Affairs Policy Counsel/Advocate - Public Knowledge - Career Page
Apply to Government Affairs Policy Counsel/Advocate at Public Knowledge in Washington, DC.
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Lisa Macpherson @lisahmacpherson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
As predicted, the FTC issued a consent order requiring ad agencies not “boycott” online publishers. But it ignores far more likely impacts of the merger on competition. My @publicknowledge.bsky.social colleague @elisephillips.bsky.social and I break it down. publicknowledge.org/update-the-f...
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Update: The FTC’s Consent Order in the Omnicom Ad Agency Merger Misses the Point
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thanks to @amyklobuchar.com, Marsha Blackburn, & @blumenthal.senate.gov for reintroducing the Open App Markets Act to reduce gatekeeper power and realize the promise of true competition in the app economy. 🎉 Great step toward market fairness! publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
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Public Knowledge Applauds Bill To Open Up App Stores
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Late last week, news outlets reported that the FTC may hinge the approval of a merger between ad agencies Interpublic and Omnicom on forcing the new, merged company to not "boycott" online platforms — a requirement that is not only misleading, but unconstitutional as well.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Big Tech keeps getting bigger, and the time has come to think beyond antitrust. Public Knowledge's new paper delves into expert recommendations for creating a digital regulator – and a brighter digital future for all. Read here: publicknowledge.org/policy/build...
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Building the Digital Platform Commission: How To Design a Regulator To Rein in Big Tech
This paper discusses the need for a sector-specific digital regulator while also outlining how to design one to effectively rein in Big Tech.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We're hosting our third annual spring happy hour, The People's Party, next week! Please come! Information here: publicknowledge.org/the-peoples-...
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The People's Party | April 3
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Schakowsky wraps this up by thanking the witnesses and honoring the folks in the audience who have been impacted by this issue for their attendance. She ends by saying we can’t take the importance of protection for granted.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Moreover, Cmmr Slaughter’s record speaks for itself. In her role, she has done many things to protect children online. She outlined these accomplishments in this very hearing.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Fry expressing frustration that we are talking about the FTC instead of children. Excuse my candor but I find it shallow and reductive. These issues are not mutually exclusive, as Cmmr Slaughter and the Dems have been clear about. Robust agency enforcement is necessary for protecting kids.
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
1/ Sitting in a House hearing about protecting kids online. Let me tell you how the FTC has worked to protect kids and teens online.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Dingell is the most forceful and compelling in this hearing thus far. She made it abundantly clear that every single member in this room cares about protecting women and children online. But by gutting the very regulatory body that does that, this administration is undermining that goal.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Castor hits the nail on the head - the President is “taking the cops off the beat” that would confront children’s online safety. How can you restore parents’ trust on these issues in light of these actions?
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The same protections that apply to minority commissioners apply to the majority. On a whim, the president can bully and subsequently fire any commissioner. That. Is. Wrong.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Pallone inquires whether there will be a hearing on the illegal firings. Rep. Bilirakis says he will be happy to discuss it. In response, Rep. Pallone asks whether there is anything that stops the President from firing R Cmmrs? Cmmr Slaughter says no. And she’s right.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Cmmr Slaughter keeps hammering this really important point - Congress, not the Executive, created the bipartisan structure of the Commission. It was a bipartisan Commission, created by Congress, that pursued action against Epic Games for how they treated children online.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rep. Bilirakis asks what tools and safeguards are needed to protect children online. I, for one, believe that a full bipartisan FTC with robust resources is the baseline for this. But that’s just me.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This point is very critical - what will happen to ongoing matters that address online harms to children? The FTC has several pending actions on this topic. It begs the question how online companies who evidently have the presidents ear will play a role here.
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Cmmr Slaughter confirms that she will be pursuing litigation here. She cited protecting kids from AI chat bots, updating privacy rules as ongoing FTC matters with uncertain futures given the illegal removal of the Democratic commissioners. She states [pp] “I don’t know what will happen next.”
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Cmmr Slaughter begins her opening statement discussing her illegal firing, and how a multi-member bipartisan commission was constructed by Congress to be shielded from corporate influence
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Elise Phillips @elisephillips.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’m here at the House Energy and Commerce hearing this morning where Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is testifying. Right now I’m hearing strong words from Rep. Pallone condemning her and Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya’s illegal firings.
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Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
On Tuesday, Trump & Musk tried to illegally fire FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter & @bedoyaftc.bsky.social In the past 48 hours, they’ve absolutely crushed interviews, showing exactly why this move is both illegal and dangerous. Here’s some of what they’ve said:
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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