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We were honored to host Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in US v. Google, for an in-depth talk on the trial & remedies issued by the court. Watch the recording 👇
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yD...
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🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.

Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
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⏰Last chance to register for our event with Jonathan Sallet tomorrow! Join in-person or via Zoom. There will be free lunch for in-person attendees.

🎟️Registration required www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...

October 8, 2025 | 12:30-2PM ET (1-2PM for Zoom attendees) | 📍Georgetown Capitol Campus (DC)

Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2026 – Knight-Georgetown Institute

⏰ 1 week left! Submissions for the Digital Competition Conference 2026 close next Monday, Oct 13. We’re inviting research on digital competition, remedies & enforcement – from search to social networking, ads & more.

📝 Submit here: kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...

Opinion | Google Wins, We Lose

New @nytimes.com: @juliaangwin.com explains how the US v. Google remedies ruling could further entrench Google’s search dominance.

KGI’s @alissacooper.bsky.social notes “[t]he remedies here are unlikely to create the circumstances for competitive entry in search.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

🚨Event alert! “Google Search: A View from the Counsel’s Table”

Join us Oct 8 (in person or virtually) as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the case and the remedies ruling.

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...

🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.
Apply here 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

Come hang out with us and talk about data access! #tsrconf

Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

We're speaking at two #TSRConf sessions today at 11:30am PT. @alissacooper.bsky.social's “Fixing the Feeds: A Policy Road Map to Address Algorithmic Recommender System Harms” will provide insights on how algorithms can be better designed to put user well-being and long term user value first.

KGI's @zanderarnao.bsky.social will be live posting from #TSRConf - be sure to tune into his account to follow along!

We're excited to be part of the 2025 Trust & Safety Research Conference at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social this week, bringing together leaders across research, policy, and platforms working at the intersection of technology, online harms, and platform governance. #TSRConf

Without a Payment Ban, What Can We Expect from the US v. Google Data Sharing Remedies? | TechPolicy.Press There is time to try to understand how the other remedies might work and if they can open the search market to competitors, writes Alissa Cooper.

📣 New on @techpolicypress.bsky.social: Our analysis of US v. Google digs deep into Judge Mehta’s remedies ruling, exploring what we can expect from the data sharing remedies in the absence of a ban on default payments. Read more from @alissacooper.bsky.social 👇
www.techpolicy.press/without-a-pa...

What does the Google antitrust ruling mean for the future of AI? A federal judge's mild ruling in the Justice Department's suit over Google's search engine monopoly has critics worried that the tech giant can now monopolize artificial intelligence.

This week, KGI’s @alissacooper.bsky.social is featured in NPR about what the Google Search antitrust ruling means for the future of AI and why the remedies may be too limited to pave the way for more search competition.

Full story here 👉 www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2026 – Knight-Georgetown Institute

These issues & other competition developments will be a key focus of the Digital Competition Conference 2026 (Feb 5‑6, 2026 DC).

We're accepting research paper submissions through Oct 13, 2025 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...

🚨Antitrust & digital competition are in the news almost daily – from decisions issued in cases against Google search and ad tech to DMA enforcement actions involving Apple and Meta and new private litigation in multiple jurisdictions. 👇

So much to unpack from Judge Mehta’s remedy opinion in the US v. Google search case. If these remedies ultimately go into effect, evidence indicates that Google’s dominance over online search – a critical information pathway for billions of internet users – will remain entrenched. Long 🧵⬇️

⏳ Time is running out! Vote by Aug 24 to help bring KGI’s Fixing Our Feeds panel to #SXSW. Let’s design algorithms that put people first – not clicks. 💡
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Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2026 – Knight-Georgetown Institute

📢 Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2026
Join researchers, policymakers, business & civil society to explore competition in digital markets – from search to social networking, advertising + more.

📝 Submit early/draft or recent papers by Oct 13 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...

📅 Announcing: Digital Competition Conference 2026
Feb 5-6, 2026📍Washington DC
Cohosted by KGI, Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project & Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, exploring latest lessons in tech competition regulation & enforcement kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...

Curbing Google’s Dominance: The UK's First Test of Its New Digital Competition Powers – Knight-Georgetown Institute

Waiting for the outcome in the US v. Google antitrust case shouldn’t hold back UK action. Read our recommendations here: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

What’s missing?
1⃣Restricting Google’s payments for default status
2⃣Required data-sharing
3⃣Syndication of Google’s search & ad tech

These interventions are crucial, but currently deprioritized in the CMA’s roadmap.

This designation recognizes Google’s substantial market power and could unlock tailored obligations to restore competition in online search.

In our public comment, KGI:
✅Finds evidence to support the SMS designation
✅Urges stronger interventions to target barriers to entry in the search market

Yes, Chrome Really Can Survive Without Google | Opinion The idea that only Google can run Chrome is false.

🚨New op-ed in @newsweek.com by KGI’s @alissacooper.bsky.social and Eric Rescorla: Yes, Chrome really *can* survive without Google.

This article breaks down how the proposed Chrome divestiture as part of the US v. Google search antitrust case is technically feasible www.newsweek.com/yes-chrome-r...

Lessons From AliExpress’ Binding Commitments Under EU's Digital Services Act | TechPolicy.Press AliExpress' recommender transparency is a good step, but more structured disclosure of information is necessary for meaningful oversight, writes Peter Chapman.

KGI's @pfchap.bsky.social was featured on
@techpolicypress.bsky.social, breaking down AliExpress' recent binding commitments under the EU’s Digital Services Act on six key areas including recommender and advertising system transparency and researcher data access www.techpolicy.press/lessons-from...

Lessons From AliExpress’ Binding Commitments Under EU's Digital Services Act | TechPolicy.Press AliExpress' recommender transparency is a good step, but more structured disclosure of information is necessary for meaningful oversight, writes Peter Chapman.

Peter Chapman unpacks AliExpress’ binding commitments under the DSA—and why they matter. From recommender transparency to researcher access and monitoring, he explores how these steps could drive real accountability.

The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome – Knight-Georgetown Institute

🚨NEW Report: The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome 🚨

Our report shows a Google Chrome divestiture is technically feasible and offers an engineering assessment of what it would take to separate Chrome from Google – and succeed: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and... #USvGoogle

Excited to launch the Federal Alumni & Digital Service Alumni Fellows program welcoming 9 former fed tech & policy leaders to Georgetown's Tech & Society Initiative & @scientistsorg.bsky.social!
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@knightgtown.bsky.social @beeckcenter.bsky.social

Healthier Personalization with Surveys Leif Sigerson | Senior Data Scientist, Data Platforms Science, Stephanie Chen | Staff Quantitative Product Researcher, Product Research…

How can platforms build better algorithmic feeds?

Pinterest shares its approach: using user surveys to guide its recommender system – reducing harm and increasing relevance.

Here’s how it works 👇
medium.com/pinterest-en... 🧵