Antitrust
The EU Keeps Changing the Rules to Fine American Companies
By James Bighenti The EU has been relying on American companies to provide cloud services that they have made impossible to build in Europe. Then, as a condition of market access, they mandated interoperability, portability, and switching mechanisms for cloud service providers. American companies complied and ceded their competitive advantages, but now two American…
Digital Liberty op-ed in RealClear Markets: Shareholders, Not Bureaucrats, Should Decide the WBD Merger
By Nate Norris On January 27, 2026, RealClear Markets published an op-ed on Netflix’s bid to purchase Warner Bros.-Discovery by Digital Liberty’s Executive Director James Erwin. The op-ed stands behind the financial decisions of Netflix and the shareholders at WBD and makes a case against federal attempts…
The FCC should Approve the Charter-Cox Merger
By Rohan Naval A free market is the best way to provide goods and services. The best use of government is in enforcing contracts, not drafting them. As Charter Communications and Cox Communications enter an agreement for a merger, the Federal Communications Commission should approve this deal…
With 3-2 FTC Majority, Chair Khan has Ability to Enact her Progressive Anti-Consumer Agenda
By Rich Sill With the Senate voting 51-50 to confirm Alvaro Bedoya as the fifth FTC Commissioner– and third Democrat– Chair Lina Khan now has free reign to implement her progressive agenda. This could include, but is not limited to, going after and/or attempting to break up large companies like Amazon…
United States Continues to Outpace Europe on Broadband
By Rich Sill As the United States continues to innovate and expand its broadband infrastructure from sea to shining sea, it should not be looking to Europe for guidance. For years, the European Union has been behind the United States in broadband deployment, adoption, investment, and competition due…
New OpEd in Morning Consult: Antitrust Threats to Fintech
Digital liberty’s Executive Director, Katie McAuliffe, published a new OpEd in the Morning Consult discussing how the Zeal for Antitrust is threatening Finntech. The Department of Justice has recently file lawsuit against Visa from acquiring the company Plaid – which is a company that allows users to…
Preconceived Conclusions Coming out of House Antitrust Hearings
by Isabelle Morales On Thursday, October 1, the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law held a hearing entitled, “Proposals to Strengthen the Antitrust Laws and Restore Competition Online.” Chairman David N. Cicilline began the hearing by describing big tech companies as the kind of…
Coalition Supports Competition & Consumer Welfare Over Politization & Weaponization of American Antitrust Law
Today, Digital Liberty joined a coalition letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for the record as part of its hearing entitled “Stacking the Tech: Has Google harmed competition in online advertising?” The letter clearly lays out the importance of the consumer welfare…
Where Politicians Fail, Innovation Delivers
By: Laurel Duggan American innovation has carried us through the pandemic. Tech companies have created solutions to public health emergencies while providing vital support to American businesses. Yet America’s most successful tech companies are the target of attacks from both sides of the aisle and are viewed…
Antitrust Expansion is for the Birds
By: Laurel Duggan Four poultry executives were indicted in June on charges of price-fixing. Attentive ranchers blew the whistle about flat prices for livestock despite record profits for meat processors, resulting in Senate investigations. Several other companies are likely to be investigated over these allegations. Entrenched competitors are…