October 6th, 2026

Alphabet's Google has challenged two EU orders to help AI rivals such as OpenAI access its services and ​search engine competitors to access its search data, saying these would undermine ‌privacy safe...

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Slow, after-the-fact antitrust enforcement can't keep pace with fast-moving tech markets, Bill Baer and Tom Wheeler argue.

Barry Lynn condemned the settlement by a coalition of attorneys general that sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery.

Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...

The remedies ruling for the #GoogleAdTech case is live since yesterday evening. I've covered most of Google's monopoly cases, and the ad tech one in particular from the start, when the DOJ and a coali...

The bill would establish the nation’s largest investment in community news, expanding reporting capacity and coverage across California.

The new iPhone “Duo,” a tablet-like device, will start at $1,999.

Check our reports on the Google ad tech trial from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the city of Alexandria.

CMDG Director, Dr. Courtney Radsch, calls on policymakers and legislators to use this settlement as a minimum floor to pursue more expansive reforms that put an end to harmful platform design for all ...

The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.

A UN treaty represents an opportunity for a better global tax system that also adequately deals with multinational tech companies, writes Sarah Saadoun.

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The California attorney general's office rejected Paramount's bid for a $1.88 billion bond on Monday, saying the company wants a 'do-over.'

The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air and accused the F.C.C. of violating its First Amendment rights.

July 14th, 2026

As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.

“This decision effectively places FCC Chair Brendan Carr in open defiance of Congress, and it gives us yet again another reason to call for removing him from his post,” said CMDG director, Dr. Courtne...

The Senate Commerce chair said the panel will instead focus on online safety legislation.

The Commission's approval comes despite months of warnings from civil society, journalists, and the film and TV industries that the deal would concentrate an unprecedented share of production, distrib...

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...