Sacha Sloan
@sachasloan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist covering corporate power in tech at The Capitol Forum.
Email: ssloan at thecapitolforum dot com
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Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
‘Google Zero’ threatens publishers, but its ad tools give them a sense of stability.
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway
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lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account
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In partnership with FGS Global, join us on April 2nd for a unique virtual event featuring the biggest names in antitrust and competition:
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In partnership with FGS Global, join us on April 2nd for a unique virtual event featuring the biggest names in antitrust and competition:
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I'm endlessly fascinated by the conservative tabloid coverage of Zohran Mamdani as he's risen in the polls.
Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm endlessly fascinated by the conservative tabloid coverage of Zohran Mamdani as he's risen in the polls.
Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Hadn’t seen this. The UAW issued a statement of support for Trump’s tariffs: uaw.org/uaw-statemen...
UAW Statement on New Tariff Action - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
For 40 years, we’ve seen the devastating effects of so-called “free trade” on the working class. Corporations have been driving a non-stop race to the bottom by killing good blue-collar jobs in Americ...
uaw.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hadn’t seen this. The UAW issued a statement of support for Trump’s tariffs: uaw.org/uaw-statemen...
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#antitrustradar Two things to watch in the upcoming Google Search remedies trial: 1️⃣deadline for the DOJ to file a revised list of remedies is this Friday. We'll see what the new DOJ keeps from the current proposal -> www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
DOJ seeks to break up Google, forcing web browser Chrome sale as monopoly punishment
The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed...
www.pbs.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#antitrustradar Two things to watch in the upcoming Google Search remedies trial: 1️⃣deadline for the DOJ to file a revised list of remedies is this Friday. We'll see what the new DOJ keeps from the current proposal -> www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
NEW: Rouse Services, a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros., could be at risk of DOJ scrutiny as regulators target algorithmic benchmarking.
"Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6
For @capitolforum.bsky.social
"Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6
For @capitolforum.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Rouse Services, a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros., could be at risk of DOJ scrutiny as regulators target algorithmic benchmarking.
"Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6
For @capitolforum.bsky.social
"Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6
For @capitolforum.bsky.social
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RB Global's Rouse Services Could Face Antitrust Scrutiny Over Information Sharing as Enforcers Target Third-Party Benchmarking $ASHTF $ASHTY $HEES $HRI $RBA $URI library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv...
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December 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
RB Global's Rouse Services Could Face Antitrust Scrutiny Over Information Sharing as Enforcers Target Third-Party Benchmarking $ASHTF $ASHTY $HEES $HRI $RBA $URI library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv...
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Super interesting analysis by the White House of how popular algorithmic rent-setting software could allow for anticompetitive price signaling and account for a 4% rise in rents nationwide. www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
The Cost of Anticompetitive Pricing Algorithms in Rental Housing | CEA | The White House
Housing costs remain one of the biggest challenges for many American households. While the root cause of high housing costs is the under-supply of housing, insufficient competition in the housing ind...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Super interesting analysis by the White House of how popular algorithmic rent-setting software could allow for anticompetitive price signaling and account for a 4% rise in rents nationwide. www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro-monopoly ideologue saying the quiet part this loud…
I guess the honesty is refreshing?
I guess the honesty is refreshing?
December 14, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro-monopoly ideologue saying the quiet part this loud…
I guess the honesty is refreshing?
I guess the honesty is refreshing?
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New, by me: UnitedHealthcare's Optum pulled down an internal AI chatbot after it was found exposed to the internet. The chatbot, seen by TechCrunch, allowed employees to ask it questions about how to handle patient health insurance claims and disputes.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
UnitedHealthcare's Optum left an AI chatbot, used by employees to ask questions about claims, exposed to the internet | TechCrunch
Optum's AI chatbot was found exposed online at a time when the healthcare giant faces scrutiny for its use of AI to allegedly deny patient claims.
techcrunch.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:08 PM
New, by me: UnitedHealthcare's Optum pulled down an internal AI chatbot after it was found exposed to the internet. The chatbot, seen by TechCrunch, allowed employees to ask it questions about how to handle patient health insurance claims and disputes.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...
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This is what antitrust is going to look like at the federal level in the Trump years: oligopolists lobbying Trump to break up competing oligopolists
www.reuters.com/technology/g...
www.reuters.com/technology/g...
Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft's cloud deal with OpenAI, the Information says
Google has asked the U.S. government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers, the Information reported on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM
This is what antitrust is going to look like at the federal level in the Trump years: oligopolists lobbying Trump to break up competing oligopolists
www.reuters.com/technology/g...
www.reuters.com/technology/g...
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(1/2) Tech Tuesday: DOJ Proposes Google Search Remedies as Adtech Trial Ends; Trump's Past and Future Administrations Stymie Lower Fees in Verisign Renewal; IBM/HashiCorp Won't Close Until 2025; Intel Drops CEO After Finalizing Reduced CHIPS Award...
December 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM
(1/2) Tech Tuesday: DOJ Proposes Google Search Remedies as Adtech Trial Ends; Trump's Past and Future Administrations Stymie Lower Fees in Verisign Renewal; IBM/HashiCorp Won't Close Until 2025; Intel Drops CEO After Finalizing Reduced CHIPS Award...
NEWS: IBM's proposed acquisition of HashiCorp isn't expected to close until Q1 2025, HashiCorp said today.
The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP
sec.gov/Archives/edg...
The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP
sec.gov/Archives/edg...
8-K
sec.gov
December 2, 2024 at 10:44 PM
NEWS: IBM's proposed acquisition of HashiCorp isn't expected to close until Q1 2025, HashiCorp said today.
The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP
sec.gov/Archives/edg...
The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP
sec.gov/Archives/edg...
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Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence.
I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
November 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence.
I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:
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JFC.
"Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will be in charge of DOGE, are both brilliant, and the federal government has clearly become too expansive..."
November 25, 2024 at 12:57 AM
JFC.
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Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi.
She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
When Pam Bondi Protected Foreclosure Fraudsters
The new attorney general nominee, while serving as AG of Florida, fired the first two prosecutors to investigate the use of false evidence to kick people out of their homes.
prospect.org
November 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi.
She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.
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(1/2) Labor Thursday: Google Workers Met with DOJ Over Search Monopoly Remedy; FTC Commissioner Bedoya Lays Out Case for Federal Workplace Privacy Law and Greater Enforcement; Bedoya Plans Speech on Children and AI, Says He's Concerned with Unfair Franchise Relationships...
November 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
(1/2) Labor Thursday: Google Workers Met with DOJ Over Search Monopoly Remedy; FTC Commissioner Bedoya Lays Out Case for Federal Workplace Privacy Law and Greater Enforcement; Bedoya Plans Speech on Children and AI, Says He's Concerned with Unfair Franchise Relationships...
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New filing: "U.S. v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Search Monopoly)"
Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024)
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Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024)
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November 21, 2024 at 3:40 AM
New filing: "U.S. v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Search Monopoly)"
Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024)
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL18552824
Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024)
Download PDF | View Full Case
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HPE CEO to @theregister.com on HPE/Juniper deal:
There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.”
www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.”
www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
We'll answer any questions DoJ has about Juniper, HPE says
Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year
www.theregister.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:44 AM
HPE CEO to @theregister.com on HPE/Juniper deal:
There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.”
www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.”
www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...
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Darkly hilarious that the deterrent effect of the Microsoft antitrust case on the next generation of tech companies was not "don't be a monopolist" but "don't sound like a monopolist."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
November 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Darkly hilarious that the deterrent effect of the Microsoft antitrust case on the next generation of tech companies was not "don't be a monopolist" but "don't sound like a monopolist."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...
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🆕DOJ is getting ready to drop its final proposed remedies for the Google's search monopoly case (deadline: Nov 20). Here at @openmarkets.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social and I make a few additional recommendations, with a focus on AI-assisted search: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
The Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Urges DOJ to Break Google’s Search Monopoly and Address AI Risks — Open Markets Institute
The Center for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute submitted a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, advocating for decisive action to disman...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
November 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM
🆕DOJ is getting ready to drop its final proposed remedies for the Google's search monopoly case (deadline: Nov 20). Here at @openmarkets.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social and I make a few additional recommendations, with a focus on AI-assisted search: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
One of India's largest news agencies has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content.
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tcrn.ch
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement
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