Platform Regulation
How GDPR is Helping Big Tech and Hurting the Competition
Regulating tech monopolies is important, even necessary. As Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other tech giants grow, so does the potential harm of massive user data breaches to the populace. The Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 is a case in point,…
The Rise of Platform Conglomerates
On Tuesday, June 11th Mary Meeker released her 2019 Internet Trends report at Recode’s Code Conference. One particular insight stood out to us on slides 95-97. Fortnite, which began as an addictive battle royale video game, has evolved into a…
A Guide to Amazon and Google’s Antitrust Vulnerabilities
For the past week, tech media has been buzzing about broad government antitrust probes into four of the largest tech monopolies: Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. The Department of Justice and the FTC have split the workload. The DOJ will…
A Better Way to Draft Platform Regulation
On March 4th, Applico CEO Alex Moazed appeared on the BBC World Service to discuss how big tech monopolies should be regulated. Since then, and following recent proposals to break-up modern monopolies, tech media has been buzzing with discussions about…
In Hiding Its Latest Data Breach, Google Makes Need for Platform Regulation Clear
In the midst of a debate on platform regulation, Google hid its latest data breach as it tried to avoid regulatory scrutiny – scrutiny it’s almost certain to attract now. Last week, the Wall Street Journal exposed that Google hid a data…
How to Regulate Facebook
What a mess. Facebook once again finds itself at the heart of a media firestorm after revelations that Cambridge Analytica had unauthorized access to data on 50 million users. To some extent, this issue has been massively blown out of…