Charlotte Slaiman

To the 31 House Democrats who voted with Trump: I would never vote to disenfranchise your constituents, undermine their democratic rights, or impose harsher penalties on them against their will. Regrettably, you have done exactly that to my constituents and legislative body. Shame 😪

Masked officers in camo

Masked armed men watch a mother and her children go to school.

This morning: MPD and ATF conducted a massive paramilitary operation, with officers in masks and camo, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of DC within 500 yards of an elementary school while neighborhood children were heading to school.

On their third day of classes.

Love it. Reminds me of our ten year wedding anniversary: had to schedule for a weekday lunch due to difficulty of finding childcare and then had to cancel in favor of 3/4 of us going to the doctor to get antibiotics! The 10th anniversary isn't the tin anniversary it's the antibiotics anniversary. 🤦🏼‍♀️

It got longer!!

No joke, this is the line at #CES2024 to see Alan Davidson, Stephanie Nguyen, and Sam Marullo. Starts now and theoretically streaming at live.ces.tech (tho the stream wasn't working yesterday)

This is not new but still so important: Consumer Reports on the benefits U.S. consumers are missing out on as the E.U. implements the DMA and promotes fair competition from big tech platforms and the U.S. continues to not act: advocacy.consumerreports.org/wp-content/u...

Public Knowledge Vice President Charlotte Slaiman will be at CES 2024 on the panel “Promoting Tech Competition for Consumers and Competitiveness" at 1 - 2 pm PT. Stream live at live.ces.tech

Today at 1pm - 2pm PST, join @publicknowledge.bsky.social Vice President @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social at the #CES2024 panel “Promoting Tech Competition for Consumers and Competitiveness.” Watch the livestream at www.live.ces.tech

Planning and compromise! Policymakers need to be weighing the different needs of different stakeholders accurately and planning ahead based on that.

What's needed for consumers to see the promise of 5G? @chrisjlewis.bsky.social: We need to not only open up more spectrum bands, but also use them as efficiently as possible. Unfortunately we are moving slowly in Washington to support that.

I'm at #CES2024 this week! We're starting off the week with @publicknowledge.bsky.social President, Chris Lewis talking 5G. Starting shortly!

Public Knowledge's President and CEO Chris Lewis and Vice President Charlotte Slaiman will be on panels at the CES 2024 conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 9 to 12. Register today at www dot ces dot tech.

Join us at #CES2024! On Tuesday, @chrisjlewis.bsky.social will join the #CES2024 the panel “5G - Fad or Future? A Look at the Promise and Reality.” And on Wednesday, @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social will join the panel "Promoting Tech Competition for Consumers and Competitiveness." Full details below!

Public Knowledge Welcomes Fair Competition Win in Epic v. Google Jury Verdict Jury finds that Google violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for Android app distribution.

Yesterday, the jury delivered its verdict in @epicgamesstore.bsky.social v. @ggl.bsky.social, finding that Google had violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for Android app distribution. Read our statement from @punk.cool below:

www.vox.com/features/239... This was a great piece. I also love motherhood, but a combination of wealth, privilege, luck & public policy choices have made it much more manageable & enjoyable for me than it is for many. I truly believe this is largely a public policy problem we must urgently address.

This is a full bore attack on the administrative state. Independent agencies are an important tool for governing our nation and they are truly at risk. We all benefit from having a functional gov't in this country, even Facebook. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Wow, nothing to cement my commitment to winter biking like taking the metro on the first cold day and getting completely destroyed by outrageous metro BS. 🤦🏼‍♀️ ☃️ 🚴‍♀️

Online colleges 😩

U.S. v. Google: Everyone Uses a Search Engine, Not Everyone Uses Social Media. Recapping Week 4 Competition experts Vice President Charlotte Slaiman and Policy Counsel Elise Phillips recap the latest in the ongoing US v. Google trial.

The landmark US v. @ggl.bsky.social trial continues! Read the latest from @publicknowledge.bsky.social competition experts @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social and @elisephillips.bsky.social as they recap the highlights from Week 4:

LIVE! The Rise25 Awards: Meet the visionaries reshaping the internet Watch NOW: Rise25 Awards Ceremony LIVE from Berlin! Celebrate with Mozilla as we honor 25 visionaries reshaping the internet. Witness the future of the web w...

TODAY at 2:30 PM EST: @publicknowledge.bsky.social Vice President @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social will be honored during Mozilla's Rise25 Awards Ceremony! Watch LIVE from Berlin at the link below:

BREAKING: In a major win for labor, the NLRB just denied Disney’s attempt to narrow the number of VFX workers eligible to unionize.

Production coordinators, managers, and supervisors are all eligible to join IATSE in the upcoming election ordered by the NLRB.

Thousands of Unite Here members in the arena voting to strike

Workers on the floor of the Arena holding one job should be enough signs

The same picture but from another angle

Picture from The Arena floor where the scrolling Bar says one job should be enough in English and Spanish

BREAKING: CULINARY UNION ANNOUNCES 95% OF VOTING MEMBERS HAVE AUTHORIZED THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE TO CALL A CITY WIDE STRIKE FOR 50,000+ WORKERS IN LAS VEGAS

FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Plan To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality ... Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

Great news for internet users! @jrosenworcel.bsky.social's announcement of an NPRM on Title II classification for broadband is a glimmer of hope for #netneutrality. @publicknowledge.bsky.social is proud to support this move — read our full statement from @chrisjlewis.bsky.social:

FTC Antitrust Suit Against Amazon Highlights Gatekeeper Power Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

Today, the FTC filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon that focuses on how the company has illegally maintained its monopoly in the online superstore market. Read our statement from @charlotteswwweb.bsky.social at the link below:

U.S. v. Google: They Pay How Much To Be the Default Search Engine?! Recapping Week One Search engine defaults seem to be pretty important when it comes to dominating the search engine market — and quite expensive as well.

My thoughts from week one of #USvGoogle!

What the Landmark U.S. v. Google Antitrust Suit Means for Search — And for You The DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google accusing it of using its dominance in the search engine market to stifle competition.

I'm spending a lot of time this week watching #USvGoogle. Due to court confidentiality rules you can only watch in person at the courthouse, so I am not watching absolutely everything. Here's the piece I wrote before the trial.

Hope to write an update soon based on what we've seen so far!

Okay writers strike! I'm ready for my Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog now!

This excellent report from @annalenhart.bsky.social on how legislation that Congress is already working on can address new concerns around AI is such a great resource!! https://iddp.gwu.edu/federal-ai-legislation

Fun baseball fact: in the '94-'95 players strike, the Orioles owner, a union lawyer, was the only team owner to refuse to field scab players. Facing a $250,000 fine for every game missed, he was prepared to forfeit every game.

The Daily yesterday was all about the growing antitrust reform movement! https://pca.st/episode/3529e7b6-0499-42e1-aa9b-0be987a60dce

Wrote about an obscure proposal to change the pre-merger notification form that represents a step forward in how the government collects data on business and how the antitrust agencies can function better:
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-06-28-antitrust-big-changes-little-form/