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At #disruptedtimes22, @joshgans says no one can define #web3, but we think it might be one better than #web2.
He calls for a show of hands: who doesn't have a Facebook account, and who doesn't have MS Word installed? (I'm the only one who raises his hand for both)
He calls for a show of hands: who doesn't have a Facebook account, and who doesn't have MS Word installed? (I'm the only one who raises his hand for both)
Why are we angry at FB, but not MS? Because Word is interoperable, so you have a choice. If you have Word, you chose it (over Libreoffice, Pages, Gdocs).
Choice lets us test claims to superiority. If more people have Word, it's because they prefer it. We don't know that about FB.
At #disruptedtimes22, @cori_crider says that the debate over algorithmic government went from thin to non-existent (modulo human rights groups worried about state surveillance) but it has now exploded.
Fuck the algorithm, NHS sharing with Google, robo-debt - this is algorithmic governance policy going mainstream
FB mods who speak Russian and other Eastern European languages are on the coalface. They say the company is either unwilling or unable to deal with total information war
At #disruptedtimes22, @DinaSrinivasan says her landmark FB research was inspired in part by FB's ramp up of surveillance after Google shut down G+ and FB no longer had to fear competition
At the same time, @Snowden's #prism leaks made it clear that this data was harvested by governments and used in lethal applications ('We use metadata to kill people' -Michael Hayden)
She structured her research so that it could be turned into a class action suit by monied interests
At #disruptedtimes22, @johnnyryan says even tech giants don't know what they do with data (shades of Amazon's multiple scandals).
This is where #PurposeLimitation comes in. The #GDPR bans e.g. reusing phone numbers gathered for #2fa to target ads.
This is where #PurposeLimitation comes in. The #GDPR bans e.g. reusing phone numbers gathered for #2fa to target ads.
If one company is acquiring another, a regulator could compel both firms to disclose every single use they make of PII, and then analyze 'what happens when those two spreadsheets have a baby'
Purpose limitation is Big Tech kryptonite, and the DMA strengthens it, allowing the EU to pursue cases where national governments e.g. Eire won't
At #disruptedtimes22, @MarietjeSchaake says we CAN regulate tech to serve democracy and the rule of law - 'yes yes yes yes'
Points out that hacking for hire isn't a Big Tech problem - NSO Group and other cyber arms dealers are smes.
Russia isn't the first autocracy that @Nokia was caught selling surveillance tools to - they were chest deep in autocrats' attacks on the Arab Spring more than a decade ago (and they haven't cleaned up their act)
Now @linakhanFTC, chair of US FTC. “We now see a new transatlantic era” in dealing with market power concerns then recognizes efforts of US White House and bipartisan and bicameral efforts to push antitrust legislation along with international counterparts. #disruptedtimes22 
Chair Khan is one of the many enforcers today who have very clearly and accurately tied antitrust enforcement to democracy. #disruptedtimes22
Chair Khan describes the surveillance advertising biz model of endlessly “hoovering up data and incentivizing tracking.” in a spot-on analysis of the leverage of the “new gatekeepers.” Remarkable to have a Chair who absolutely understands all of this. #disruptedtimes22
Ranking Member, House antitrust, @RepKenBuck points out how for a longtime consumer welfare was allowed to only be judged based on consumer price as an example of antiquated application of antitrust laws in the US. #disruptedtimes22
Buck also hits on the free expression concerns and choke point of gatekeepers as an antitrust problem causing a downstream concern of censorship. This is a smart understanding of the underlying issues. #disruptedtimes22
“I think we’re getting there. More and more people”…are understanding why the market power is core issue. Buck provides optimism of Republican support of new antitrust laws while recognizing his side of the aisle is more challenging to impact the market. #disruptedtimes22
Building anticompetitive moats to defend monopoly positions - they are a form of monopoly maintenance -Jonathan Kanter #disruptedtimes22
Building barriers to entry in ancillary services to protect the core monopoly.
Moats have powerful, digital-specific network and feedback effects.
Worst: Moats are often build by platform participants and users
Moats have powerful, digital-specific network and feedback effects.
Worst: Moats are often build by platform participants and users
These are dynamic, multi-sided markets (implying that market definition questions are misguided).
Lock-in is key to moats, keeping participants from going elsewhere.
Lock-in is key to moats, keeping participants from going elsewhere.
Before beginning his formal remarks, DOJ antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, confirms Will Smith isn’t in the audience. #disruptedtimes22
Consumers today have “too little choice over who gets to see their information and gets to extract their information.” Refreshing every time I hear a statement like this from the now head of antitrust for US DOJ, Jonathan Kanter. #disruptedtimes22
Kanter reiterates Justice Department’s “full-throated” (Kanter’s adjective, and we need it) support of the antitrust legislation which was sent to the antitrust leadership earlier this week.
