NextGen Competition
@nextgencompetition.bsky.social
Working to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem that empowers consumers, workers, and small businesses. https://nextgencomp.tech/
Alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social, we're proud to join an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social, @epic.org, and @demandprogress.bsky.social, we're proud to join an amicus brief in support of Commissioner Slaughter.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
The FTC serves the public, not corporate profit, and giving the President unbridled power to fire economic regulators puts Americans at risk.
Anyone else concerned that tech giants are investing billions of dollars in data centers that wreak havoc on communities for a nascent technology? 🤯
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anyone else concerned that tech giants are investing billions of dollars in data centers that wreak havoc on communities for a nascent technology? 🤯
Excellent piece from @capitalb.bsky.social on how Big Tech’s unquenchable thirst for data is affecting black communities in the South, and how they’re fighting back 💪🏾
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Excellent piece from @capitalb.bsky.social on how Big Tech’s unquenchable thirst for data is affecting black communities in the South, and how they’re fighting back 💪🏾
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
capitalbnews.org/data-centers...
In @thebaffler.com, Lizzie O'Shea outlines the complexities of the antitrust landscape under the Trump administration, and why any alliance might not be as strong as it appears. ⚖️
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In @thebaffler.com, Lizzie O'Shea outlines the complexities of the antitrust landscape under the Trump administration, and why any alliance might not be as strong as it appears. ⚖️
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking Meta to court for allegedly enabling child exploitation through its algorithms.
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking Meta to court for allegedly enabling child exploitation through its algorithms.
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
As Washington stalls, it’s state attorneys general who are stepping up to hold Big Tech accountable. 🧑⚖️
Read more: time.com/7327229/raul...
This is insane, but unsurprising. 😒 No public input. No transparency. And no heads-up when electricity rates spike or water supplies run dry.
People deserve to know what’s happening in their own backyard.
www.freepress.net/blog/why-dat...
People deserve to know what’s happening in their own backyard.
www.freepress.net/blog/why-dat...
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is insane, but unsurprising. 😒 No public input. No transparency. And no heads-up when electricity rates spike or water supplies run dry.
People deserve to know what’s happening in their own backyard.
www.freepress.net/blog/why-dat...
People deserve to know what’s happening in their own backyard.
www.freepress.net/blog/why-dat...
It’s wild that we live in an era when a major corporation gets off easy abroad to avoid the risk of upsetting the President of the United States 🤯
www.wsj.com/tech/eu-acce...
www.wsj.com/tech/eu-acce...
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s wild that we live in an era when a major corporation gets off easy abroad to avoid the risk of upsetting the President of the United States 🤯
www.wsj.com/tech/eu-acce...
www.wsj.com/tech/eu-acce...
Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler weighs in on the Google ruling, highlighting the difficulty of policing 2025-era AI with 1890-era tools:
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler weighs in on the Google ruling, highlighting the difficulty of policing 2025-era AI with 1890-era tools:
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves. As always, Lina Khan nails it. 🔥
pitchbook.com/news/article...
pitchbook.com/news/article...
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves. As always, Lina Khan nails it. 🔥
pitchbook.com/news/article...
pitchbook.com/news/article...
As Former AAG for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter warns, light remedies send the worst message. A slap on the wrist for Google won’t deter monopoly abuse, or protect competition. ⚖️
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As Former AAG for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter warns, light remedies send the worst message. A slap on the wrist for Google won’t deter monopoly abuse, or protect competition. ⚖️
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
In @newsweek.com, @joellthayer.bsky.social argues the recent remedies ruling allows Apple to maintain $20 billion yearly in default-search cash, even leaning on Google’s AI for Siri, entrenching not one, but two gatekeepers.
www.newsweek.com/what-google-...
www.newsweek.com/what-google-...
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In @newsweek.com, @joellthayer.bsky.social argues the recent remedies ruling allows Apple to maintain $20 billion yearly in default-search cash, even leaning on Google’s AI for Siri, entrenching not one, but two gatekeepers.
www.newsweek.com/what-google-...
www.newsweek.com/what-google-...
Exciting news! 🚨 We’re now on Substack.
Subscribe to get the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, where we deliver monthly insider insights on Big Tech antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
Check it out: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
Subscribe to get the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, where we deliver monthly insider insights on Big Tech antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
Check it out: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Exciting news! 🚨 We’re now on Substack.
Subscribe to get the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, where we deliver monthly insider insights on Big Tech antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
Check it out: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
Subscribe to get the latest edition of Top Hat & Thimble, where we deliver monthly insider insights on Big Tech antitrust battles, industry shakeups, AI trends, and more.
Check it out: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
Tell us again how reining in monopoly power actually hurts innovation from and investment in Little Tech. You can’t, largely because Big Tech sucks up talent and successful start-ups before they get the chance to compete. 🙄
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
August 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tell us again how reining in monopoly power actually hurts innovation from and investment in Little Tech. You can’t, largely because Big Tech sucks up talent and successful start-ups before they get the chance to compete. 🙄
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
Antitrust advocates call on #FTC to investigate Meta's de facto vertical acquisition of Scale AI
"This investment includes all the anti‑competitive hallmarks typical of Big Tech’s minority stakes in generative AI firms." @sumitecon.bsky.social, NextGen Competition
nextgencomp.tech/letters/recJ...
"This investment includes all the anti‑competitive hallmarks typical of Big Tech’s minority stakes in generative AI firms." @sumitecon.bsky.social, NextGen Competition
nextgencomp.tech/letters/recJ...
August 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Antitrust advocates call on #FTC to investigate Meta's de facto vertical acquisition of Scale AI
"This investment includes all the anti‑competitive hallmarks typical of Big Tech’s minority stakes in generative AI firms." @sumitecon.bsky.social, NextGen Competition
nextgencomp.tech/letters/recJ...
"This investment includes all the anti‑competitive hallmarks typical of Big Tech’s minority stakes in generative AI firms." @sumitecon.bsky.social, NextGen Competition
nextgencomp.tech/letters/recJ...
NextGen was proud to join over 100 academics, organizations, and public figures calling for OpenAI to offer greater transparency in its upcoming restructuring. 🔍
Read more: openai-transparency.org
Read more: openai-transparency.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
NextGen was proud to join over 100 academics, organizations, and public figures calling for OpenAI to offer greater transparency in its upcoming restructuring. 🔍
Read more: openai-transparency.org
Read more: openai-transparency.org
How extensively has Big Tech seeped into Congress, you may ask? Enough that they got big, beautiful handouts. 😒
Check out @techoversight.bsky.social's full breakdown here:
techoversight.org/2025/07/16/t...
Check out @techoversight.bsky.social's full breakdown here:
techoversight.org/2025/07/16/t...
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How extensively has Big Tech seeped into Congress, you may ask? Enough that they got big, beautiful handouts. 😒
Check out @techoversight.bsky.social's full breakdown here:
techoversight.org/2025/07/16/t...
Check out @techoversight.bsky.social's full breakdown here:
techoversight.org/2025/07/16/t...
Water, water everywhere, and Big Tech is taking all of it. 💦
Excellent piece from @nytimes.com highlighting what happened to one county in George when Meta moved in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Excellent piece from @nytimes.com highlighting what happened to one county in George when Meta moved in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
July 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Water, water everywhere, and Big Tech is taking all of it. 💦
Excellent piece from @nytimes.com highlighting what happened to one county in George when Meta moved in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Excellent piece from @nytimes.com highlighting what happened to one county in George when Meta moved in.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
As Big Tech sheds tens of thousands of workers, one question looms: Who’s being let go, and what kinds of human expertise are no longer seen as essential in an AI-driven future? 🤔
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
June 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As Big Tech sheds tens of thousands of workers, one question looms: Who’s being let go, and what kinds of human expertise are no longer seen as essential in an AI-driven future? 🤔
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
Reining in Big Tech is one of the rare bipartisan issues left.
@juliaangwin.com breaks down the growing reckoning and why the fight must continue. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
@juliaangwin.com breaks down the growing reckoning and why the fight must continue. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
June 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reining in Big Tech is one of the rare bipartisan issues left.
@juliaangwin.com breaks down the growing reckoning and why the fight must continue. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
@juliaangwin.com breaks down the growing reckoning and why the fight must continue. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
ICYMI: Our May newsletter dropped! From @sumitecon.bsky.social's perspective on the Google trial to highlighting major competition news from the last month, read it all here: nextgencomp.tech/news 📰
June 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ICYMI: Our May newsletter dropped! From @sumitecon.bsky.social's perspective on the Google trial to highlighting major competition news from the last month, read it all here: nextgencomp.tech/news 📰
Google once awed the world. A breakup could spark that kind of innovation again if monopolies stop smothering competition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
June 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Google once awed the world. A breakup could spark that kind of innovation again if monopolies stop smothering competition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
Big Tech will stop at nothing to avoid accountability: blocking regulation, pressuring lawmakers, and coordinating lobbying strategies, all to keep stuffing their pockets and operating without guardrails.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Big Tech will stop at nothing to avoid accountability: blocking regulation, pressuring lawmakers, and coordinating lobbying strategies, all to keep stuffing their pockets and operating without guardrails.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
This is disgraceful, Meta. Do better.
May 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is disgraceful, Meta. Do better.
When Google was ruled to be a monopolist last August, we called it a ‘reckoning for Big Tech.’ Today, that reckoning continues.
Read @sumitecon.bsky.social's full statement on the Google Ad Tech decision:
nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
Read @sumitecon.bsky.social's full statement on the Google Ad Tech decision:
nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
April 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When Google was ruled to be a monopolist last August, we called it a ‘reckoning for Big Tech.’ Today, that reckoning continues.
Read @sumitecon.bsky.social's full statement on the Google Ad Tech decision:
nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
Read @sumitecon.bsky.social's full statement on the Google Ad Tech decision:
nextgencomp.tech/statements/n...
While Big Tech’s backpedaling on climate commitments was predictable, it reinforces that they can't be trusted to ever put people over profits.
Via @fastcompany.com
Via @fastcompany.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
While Big Tech’s backpedaling on climate commitments was predictable, it reinforces that they can't be trusted to ever put people over profits.
Via @fastcompany.com
Via @fastcompany.com