For these involved with the continued energy of Huge Tech over our lives on-line, the time has come to assume past antitrust. Whereas an essential software, antitrust merely can’t do all of it. Whereas federal antitrust enforcers have loved some success, Huge Tech retains getting greater. In the meantime, the European Union and the UK have lively regulators – shaping digital regulation whereas the US sits on the sidelines.
The time has come to construct a greater massive tech mouse entice to guard U.S. shoppers and open up the U.S. digital platform market to vibrant competitors.
A rising refrain of teachers and advocates have urged Congress to create a sector-specific regulator that will have the facility to tackle these digital giants. This strategy would maximize authorities effectivity and effectiveness by creating one company to behave because the cop on the beat, fairly than counting on a number of federal companies attempting to make legal guidelines written for an analog world work within the digital age. As different nations get extra aggressive of their efforts to police digital platforms, the query is more and more not whether or not digital platforms shall be regulated however who will regulate them.
For greater than a yr, Public Information has surveyed advocates and convened specialists to find out the simplest and environment friendly approach to promote competitors and shield shoppers on-line. Be a part of us as we current and talk about our new paper, “Constructing the Digital Platform Fee: The way to Design a Regulator to Rein In Huge Tech.” Written by Public Information’s Senior Vice President Harold Feld and Coverage Director Lisa Macpherson, this new paper offers concrete suggestions for policymakers and stakeholders thinking about making a digital future that protects shoppers from rip-offs and anticompetitive practices. Harold Feld will current the paper to a panel of specialists, who will present suggestions on the paper and subsequent steps.
Date: April 28, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Legislation Workplace of Jenner and Block, 1099 NY Avenue, NW Suite 900
Paper Presentation: Harold Feld, Senior Vice President of Public Information
Moderator: Justin Hendrix, CEO and Editor of Tech Coverage Press
Panelists:
- Prem Trivedi, Coverage Director of New America’s Open Know-how Institute
- Alissa Cooper, Government Director of Knight-Georgetown Institute
Reception with mild refreshments following the occasion.
