House lawmakers are considering an overhaul of antitrust law this week, with the goal of reining in Big Tech.
Online advertising is “an opaque space rife with conflicts of interest,” noted the antitrust scholar @DinaSrinivasan. nyti.ms/3vOtT9z
Amazon “has exploited this commanding position to strong-arm other companies, control their means of distribution and drive them out of business,” wrote @stacyfmitchell. nyti.ms/2UzjDoG
“Isn’t it time we were all given a break from the Apple tax?” asked @fmanjoo. nyti.ms/3d8TQKi
In the absence of real competition, Google manages to get away with shamelessly tracking your shopping habits, video-watching preferences and the content of your email conversations, wrote @superwuster. nyti.ms/3A4ONEP
“The American government needs to do two things: break up Facebook’s monopoly and regulate the company to make it more accountable to the American people,” wrote Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, in 2019. nyti.ms/3wU8ugz
Lina Khan, who recently became chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, told @karaswisher in October that the government’s failure to regulate Big Tech monopolies represents “a multi-decade institutional failure.” nyti.ms/3jbjPos
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“New York isn’t dead,” wrote the editorial board. But to make it flourish again, the city needs someone who can take charge right away, with fervor and confidence.
Kathryn Garcia has been a go-to problem solver for the past decade — from running the Sanitation Department to leading an overhaul of the New York City Housing Authority. nyti.ms/3fo3jOr
“I’m running for mayor because I fundamentally love this city,” @KGforNYC told the editorial board. “And I know that I have the qualifications to get the job done for New Yorkers.” nyti.ms/3wNaCq2
"The consequences of another Taliban takeover in Kabul would not be limited to the people of Afghanistan," writes former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. nyti.ms/3wmoqrA
Presidents have to consider long-term consequences, and the geostrategic realities are such that even though our military forces are leaving, we cannot turn our backs on Afghanistan. Nor can NATO, which is also winding down its presence there. nyti.ms/3wmoqrA
"Despite ongoing negotiations, I do not believe the Taliban will settle for a partial victory or for participation in a coalition government," writes former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. nyti.ms/3wmoqrA
The I.R.S. "did not pursue 300 high-income taxpayers who together cost the agency $10 billion in unpaid taxes over a three-year period when they failed to even file returns," write five former U.S. Treasury secretaries. nyti.ms/2SdFn8R
Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Robert E. Rubin and @LHSummers are all former U.S. Treasury secretaries, representing 17 years of experience at the helm of the department. Unpaid taxes are costing $600 billion a year, they note. nyti.ms/2SdFn8R
"Today, the I.R.S. has fewer auditors than at any time since World War II." nyti.ms/2SdFn8R
"I never read a page of any school history book about how, in 1921, a mob of white people burned down a place called Black Wall Street, killed as many as 300 of its Black citizens and displaced thousands of Black Americans," writes @TomHanks. nyti.ms/3uRjsS3
"How different would perspectives be had we all been taught about Tulsa in 1921, even as early as the fifth grade? Today, I find the omission tragic, an opportunity missed, a teachable moment squandered," writes @TomHanks. nyti.ms/2SWeSVh
"Today, I think historically based fiction entertainment must portray the burden of racism in our nation for the sake of the art form’s claims to verisimilitude and authenticity." nyti.ms/2SWeSVh
“I knew I wasn’t going to win over any voters by labeling my opponents racist,” former President @BarackObama wrote in his book.
“How do you decide when the cost of that kind of truth outweighs the value of it?” @EzraKlein asked him during their interview. nyti.ms/34IpAkN
“There were times where calling it out would have given me great satisfaction personally. But it wouldn’t have necessarily won the political day in terms of me getting a bill passed,” @BarackObama told @EzraKlein. nyti.ms/3wQU9kj
“I think that, a lot of times, one of the ways I would measure it would be: is it more important for me to tell a basic historical truth, let’s say, about racism in America right now?” said @BarackObama. nyti.ms/3wQU9kj
"They were shouting and cursing and calling me every name but 'child of God.' They were calling for my resignation," recalls @LevarStoney, mayor of Richmond, Va., former capital of the Confederacy.
He wrote about the city after George Floyd’s murder. nyti.ms/3oIjo5r
The mayor had invited the crowd that was now cursing him after police patrolling the area around Richmond’s monument to Robert E. Lee released tear gas into what had been a peaceful demonstration. nyti.ms/3oIjo5r
Mayor Stoney was apologizing for the use of tear gas on peaceful protesters, but it "was clear that the hostility was not just about what had happened the night before. There was a lot of pain on display." nyti.ms/3oIjo5r