Internet and antitrust law
dimanche 5 mai 2019 à 02:00The EFF explains how US antitrust law is ineffective for internet platforms because it is blind to the harmful consequences of concentration there.
This critique is not deep enough — it accepts the idea that massive surveillance is a mere "cost", rather than a threat to human rights and democracy.
More generally, the basic approach of US antitrust law is ineffective in general. I've proposed a system to replace it.