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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Days before Brazil's election, Meta briefly blocked President Lula's campaign page from running political ads and removed an Instagram profile behind a viral video on Flávio Bolsonaro. Both decisions were reversed, but raised public concerns. Brazilian investigative journalist Laís Martins reports.

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On Eve of Brazil Elections, Meta Content Moderation Decisions Raise Questions

Two recent moderation decisions—while later reversed—have raised concerns about the company's policies and practices, writes Laís Martins.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Why the recent Meta settlement with State AGs is a win for Meta @techpolicypress.bsky.social Product design changes do not restrict Meta’s ability to target or monetize teens, nor are damages substantial. Meta might even gain competitively from the settlement www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Google’s ad tech dominance needed structural relief. Instead, the court chose behavioral remedies that may leave Google’s conflicts intact. @sumitecon.bsky.social: publishers, advertisers, competitors, and consumers need real competition. Read his full statement: nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...

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NextGen Competition Disappointed by Court’s Decision Rejecting Structural Remedies in Google Ad Tech Case

On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia rejected a breakup of Google’s ad tech business and instead approved a series of behavioral ...

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The latest Top Hat & Thimble is here. 📰 This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on app store distribution monopolies, Candeub Candon't, the rise of Little Tech, and more! Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...

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Top Hat & Thimble - July 2026

Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.

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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Senate Judiciary held a hearing for the new antitrust division nominee, Adam Candeub, today. It didn't go that well. Candeub dodged questions from R and D senators on the First Amendment, saying his job as the general counsel of the FCC precluded him from answering.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sharing my new report on US Consumer Benefits of Unlocking Competition in App Distribution on Smartphones for the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF). We estimate that a more competitive app distribution market would result in savings of the order of $8.9B every year for US consumers. Link ⬇️

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The latest Top Hat & Thimble is here. 📰 This month: @sumitecon.bsky.social on Big Tech and AI, Alex Bores’ anti-Big Tech run in New York, the Supreme Court’s blow to independent agencies, and more. Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...

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Top Hat & Thimble - June 2026

Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As Gov Kathy Hochul imposes a data center moratorium in NY @nextgencompetition.bsky.social presents its first AI report card ⬇️

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My take on the AI bubble and how antitrust enforcement can help. My favorite example of the bubble is ‘All Birds’ a maker of wool sneakers that promised to become a GPU-as-a-Service provider and its stock surged 350% in a week! @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/antitrust-en...

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Google wants to overturn search remedies. The DOJ and 38 states want them strengthened. As Executive Director @sumitecon.bsky.social notes, no rival can outbid Google for default placement. Without stronger remedies, Google’s monopoly machine keeps running. ⚖️ www.techtimes.com/articles/318...

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Google Antitrust Appeal Filed: DC Circuit Can Strengthen Data Rules Even Without Chrome Sale

Google antitrust appeal reached the DC Circuit after Google filed its opening brief on May 22, 2026, challenging both the monopoly ruling and data-sharing mandates already in effect. The DOJ and 38 st...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"The question we should be asking here is: what do Musk and Vance and others hope to achieve by such obviously incendiary rhetoric? Perhaps the issues of shrinking resources — in housing, healthcare, policing and education — and the interests of the world’s richest man are connected after all."

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Big Tech is stoking unrest in the UK. Why?

Elon Musk’s amplification of anti-immigrant sentiment in Belfast, Southampton and beyond cannot be explained by ideology alone

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

ICYMI: A state senate candidate taking on Big Tech’s data center rush? 👀 In NextGen’s latest Q&A, @sumitecon.bsky.social discusses data centers, monopoly power, and affordability with West Virginia’s Elizabeth Ferris. Read it here: nextgencomp.tech/blog/qanda-w...

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Q&A with Writer, Teacher, and State Senate Candidate Elizabeth Ferris

Why Big Tech's Data Center Boom Threatens Local Control and What States Can Do About It

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Our latest edition of Top Hat and Thimble is out now! 📰 Get @sumitecon.bsky.social's take on the vital role State AGs play, coalition advocacy efforts, Meta on trial, and more! Read it here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...

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Top Hat and Thimble - April 2026

Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, Big Tech shakeups, AI trends, and more.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My latest on Google search remedies

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My new report on implementing search remedies in US v Google - despite some important limitations, the remedies ordered could be useful if implemented judiciously. When life gives you lemons... insights.sumitsharma.consulting/p/google-sea...

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Report on Data Sharing & Syndication Remedies in US v Google

How to implement the syndication, web search index, and user-side data sharing remedies ordered by Judge Mehta + recommendations to improve remedies ordered

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

My Op-Ed in @commondreams.org on how our 4th amendment protections are being undermined - do we want our rights to depend on tech firm T&Cs? Also the FBI confirmed it is buying data that can be used to track people - exactly the concern that @anthropic.com raised hat tip @americans4ri.bsky.social

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 20/03/2026

Sam Altman himself admitted the whole thing was “rushed” and that “the optics don’t look good,” which is one way to describe handing the Pentagon sweeping AI capabilities while your competitor gets blacklisted for insisting on civil liberties protections.

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Americans Agree: The Government Shouldn't Use AI Tech to Spy on Us

What is lacking is any action by Congress to protect our rights. Do we want to live in a country where our fundamental rights depend on the terms of service of powerful technology companies?

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

LIVE NOW: @scottwiener.bsky.social is introducing SB(ASED) 1074 to crack down on Big Tech’s monopoly abuses and make it easier to leave the evil platforms propping up the Trump regime and build alternatives like Bluesky and Mastodon. @fightforthefuture.org supports www.youtube.com/live/Yr9mHKx...

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Senator Scott Wiener Press Conference at YC

YouTube video by YC Root Access

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Great to speak with Carleigh Beriont - Dem candidate for Congress in NH 1. Not only she is up for taking on BigTech and has smart policies to address affordability - she is only campaigning in person and is off social media ! ⬇️ @nextgencompetition.bsky.social newsletter

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of federal income tax on its earnings. Read more at: itep.org/palantir-pay...

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Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Agree @meredithmeredith.bsky.social & @profgalloway.com , Amazon's super bowl ad is aimed at a tertiary market - surveillance and shocking how quickly this is developing ! youtu.be/5Wi6hse46l0?... ➕ Amazon is also positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for all consumer IoT. ⬇️

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Is AI a Threat to Privacy? | Prof G Conversations

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Covered Amazon’s dystopian vision of AI-enabled Ring cameras surveilling us in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social latest newsletter.⬇️ And also how Amazon is positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for all consumer IoT. Classic leverage of market power.

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asad ramzanali @asad09.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

People assume that gov’t inaction is the best policy strategy to support Little Tech. We pulled together conservative, progressives, LT companies, investors and found 7 discrete fed. & state policies to support Little Tech that could garner bipartisan and industry support.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

All the cozying up to the Trump Administration coming back to bite Google ! ‘America First’ is increasingly ‘America Alone’ which means naturally but slowly (very slowly ) foreign markets shut out foreign digital infrastructure. How’s that for your bottom line Goolge?

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My take on the Apple-Google Gemini deal in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social newsletter. ➡️ Apple said in search case Google payments were to compete on AI ➡️ False ➡️ Undermines remedies ordered in Google search & another reason to appeal ➡️ Also data point in DOJ suit against Apple ⬇️

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

And expecting billionaires like Bezos (with much to protect & no spine) to save the Fourth Estate-bananas !

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The UK CMA just published proposals to give publishers more say over how their content is used and attributed in search, AI overviews & AI mode ⬇️ The DOJ is cross-appealing the Google search decision: an opportunity to re-up it asks on publisher opt-outs ?

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Shocking to see the Wapo decimate headcount. Some systemic reasons are not in our control: like print decline. Some reasons are: like Google’s monopoly in search & the power this gives Google over publishers & how their content is used and attributed

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Fixed it for you! Jim Jordan is having another sham hearing today - as I wrote in @commondreams.org he is Big Tech’s Most Effective Lobbyist. ⬇️ What a waste of taxpayer dollars!

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Reed Showalter @reedforcongress.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Anti-monopoly is the answer to this moment. We can take on corporate power and create markets that actually work for people. I'm running for Congress b/c monopolies make our lives more expensive. The only way through the crisis is to unmake their power.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Courts alone cannot check the corrupting influence of billionaires or challenge the market & political power of the largest corporations. We need legislators like @reedforcongress.bsky.social who can take up this challenge. See ⬇️ for the full Q&A @nextgencompetition.bsky.social

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NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social, we're proud to join an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter. The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

1. We must understand how and why a technology works for it to produce growth- Gen AI is a black box ! 2. The ability of innovators to challenge and take business from incumbents - Big Tech's dominance is a barrier not enabler.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Some reflections on two key ingredients identified by this year's economic Nobel prize winners for technological progress to result in sustained economic growth in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social latest newsletter newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...

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Top Hat & Thimble - October 2025

Welcome to NextGen Competition’s monthly recap, delivering insider insights on antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Of course Apple fights tooth & nail for its App Store monopoly and closed ecosystem…it makes over $100 billion from services with a 7️⃣5️⃣ % !! gross margin which makes up 5️⃣0️⃣ % of its profits !

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

My latest Op-Ed in @commondreams.org House Republicans keep promising a crusade against Big Tech’s power. If they were serious, they would likely find support from their Democratic colleagues

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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

One way to a more competitive online ecosystem is for Apple & Google to compete vigorously. None of Judge Mehta’s remedies makes this a more likely outcome - instead the tacit non-compete agreement between the two companies can continue.

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