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Sacha Sloan

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Investigative journalist covering corporate power in tech at The Capitol Forum. Email: ssloan at thecapitolforum dot com Signal: sachas.01

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/10/2025
Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
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Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
‘Google Zero’ threatens publishers, but its ad tools give them a sense of stability.
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Jonathan Kennedy @getradified.net · 14/04/2025
lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account
Series of Bluesky posts:

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Some of the big ideas I've been associated with in my career:
1. Supply and demand applies to housing
2. People like politicians who take popular positions
3. Police help prevent crime
4. The Orange Man is bad
5. China's large population matters a lot for power politics

Matthew Yglesias (reply to above post)
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
I sincerely cannot think of a less provocative, less trolly thinker than Yglesias whose whole thing is mostly just to insist that obviously true things are in fact true.

The Gripe Gazette @gripegazette.bsky.social
Forgot to switch to a sock puppet account?

Large text on top from Felix Biederman’s Instagram account reading “sometimes you have to be your own biggest fan”
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The Capitol Forum @capitolforum.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
In partnership with FGS Global, join us on April 2nd for a unique virtual event featuring the biggest names in antitrust and competition:
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 23/03/2025
I'm endlessly fascinated by the conservative tabloid coverage of Zohran Mamdani as he's risen in the polls. Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
And in 2023, he introduced a bill — titled “Not on Our Dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence Act” — that would have given the state attorney general power to dissolve groups funding settlements in the West Bank, where some 700,000 Jews reside.

“There is a clear divide between those who embrace socialism and antisemitic, backwards ways of thinking,” another veteran political observer who did not want to be identified told The Post.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 06/03/2025
Hadn’t seen this. The UAW issued a statement of support for Trump’s tariffs: uaw.org/uaw-statemen...
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UAW Statement on New Tariff Action - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
For 40 years, we’ve seen the devastating effects of so-called “free trade” on the working class. Corporations have been driving a non-stop race to the bottom by killing good blue-collar jobs in Americ...
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Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#antitrustradar Two things to watch in the upcoming Google Search remedies trial: 1️⃣deadline for the DOJ to file a revised list of remedies is this Friday. We'll see what the new DOJ keeps from the current proposal -> www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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DOJ seeks to break up Google, forcing web browser Chrome sale as monopoly punishment
The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed...
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
NEW: Rouse Services, a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros., could be at risk of DOJ scrutiny as regulators target algorithmic benchmarking. "Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6 For @capitolforum.bsky.social
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The Capitol Forum @capitolforum.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
RB Global's Rouse Services Could Face Antitrust Scrutiny Over Information Sharing as Enforcers Target Third-Party Benchmarking $ASHTF $ASHTY $HEES $HRI $RBA $URI library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv... h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 18/12/2024
Super interesting analysis by the White House of how popular algorithmic rent-setting software could allow for anticompetitive price signaling and account for a 4% rise in rents nationwide. www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
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The Cost of Anticompetitive Pricing Algorithms in Rental Housing | CEA | The White House
Housing costs remain one of the biggest challenges for many American households.  While the root cause of high housing costs is the under-supply of housing, insufficient competition in the housing ind...
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro-monopoly ideologue saying the quiet part this loud… I guess the honesty is refreshing?
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 13/12/2024
New, by me: UnitedHealthcare's Optum pulled down an internal AI chatbot after it was found exposed to the internet. The chatbot, seen by TechCrunch, allowed employees to ask it questions about how to handle patient health insurance claims and disputes. techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
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UnitedHealthcare's Optum left an AI chatbot, used by employees to ask questions about claims, exposed to the internet | TechCrunch
Optum's AI chatbot was found exposed online at a time when the healthcare giant faces scrutiny for its use of AI to allegedly deny patient claims.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is what antitrust is going to look like at the federal level in the Trump years: oligopolists lobbying Trump to break up competing oligopolists www.reuters.com/technology/g...
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Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft's cloud deal with OpenAI, the Information says
Google has asked the U.S. government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers, the Information reported on Tuesday.
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The Capitol Forum @capitolforum.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
(1/2) Tech Tuesday: DOJ Proposes Google Search Remedies as Adtech Trial Ends; Trump's Past and Future Administrations Stymie Lower Fees in Verisign Renewal; IBM/HashiCorp Won't Close Until 2025; Intel Drops CEO After Finalizing Reduced CHIPS Award...
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NEWS: IBM's proposed acquisition of HashiCorp isn't expected to close until Q1 2025, HashiCorp said today. The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP sec.gov/Archives/edg...
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8-K
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence. I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
JFC.
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
www.cbsnews.com/news/labeler...
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Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi. She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
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When Pam Bondi Protected Foreclosure Fraudsters
The new attorney general nominee, while serving as AG of Florida, fired the first two prosecutors to investigate the use of false evidence to kick people out of their homes.
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The Capitol Forum @capitolforum.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
(1/2) Labor Thursday: Google Workers Met with DOJ Over Search Monopoly Remedy; FTC Commissioner Bedoya Lays Out Case for Federal Workplace Privacy Law and Greater Enforcement; Bedoya Plans Speech on Children and AI, Says He's Concerned with Unfair Franchise Relationships...
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Antitrust Cases Bot @antitrust.bots.law · 21/11/2024
New filing: "U.S. v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Search Monopoly)" Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024) Download PDF | View Full Case #CL18552824
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
HPE CEO to @theregister.com on HPE/Juniper deal: There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.” www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
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We'll answer any questions DoJ has about Juniper, HPE says
Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year
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Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Darkly hilarious that the deterrent effect of the Microsoft antitrust case on the next generation of tech companies was not "don't be a monopolist" but "don't sound like a monopolist." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
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Karina Montoya @pressgirlk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🆕DOJ is getting ready to drop its final proposed remedies for the Google's search monopoly case (deadline: Nov 20). Here at @openmarkets.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social and I make a few additional recommendations, with a focus on AI-assisted search: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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The Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Urges DOJ to Break Google’s Search Monopoly and Address AI Risks  — Open Markets Institute
The Center for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute submitted a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, advocating for decisive action to disman...
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 19/11/2024
Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
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Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
One of India's largest news agencies has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DOJ Will Push Google to Sell off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the biggest tech c...
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Sacha Sloan @sachasloan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Interesting take on DOJ’s foray into algorithmic price-fixing litigation, by @tarap.bsky.social in @lpeproject.bsky.social : lpeproject.org/blog/is-anyo...
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Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
The DOJ's price-fixing suit against RealPage, which has uncovered brazen collusion among competing landlords across the United States, is a welcome departure from decades of hands-off antitrust…
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
NEW: Trump officially taps Brendan Carr as next chairman of the FCC.
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