Sumit Sharma

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

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The move comes a day after the agency ousted the antitrust division’s head of mergers amid disagreements on merger policy

The Justice Department has dropped its challenge to American Express Global Business Travel’s proposed acquisition of rival CWT

A US citizen and Army veteran was detained at an immigration raid and held for 3 days. His family scrambled to find him | CNN George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.

US citizen and army vet was detained during immigration raid and held incommunicado for three days
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👏 @Proton.me for joining the class-action lawsuit against Apple. ⬇️

Is Apple a privacy first company ?

It sells iPhone user data to Google, is developing an advertising business & as Proton explains:

"Apple’s App Store policies disproportionately favor the surveillance capitalism business model…”

Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation

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Birthright Citizenship | Chattanooga Times Free Press Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 28, 2025.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Closing Arguments in Google’s Search Remedies Trial | TechPolicy.Press Closing arguments in Google’s search remedies trial highlighted key questions the court will consider in doling out relief, Sumit Sharma writes.

Closing arguments "offered a window into the court’s thinking around four critical factors: markets that remedies should apply to, how remedies might affect other markets, proportionality of remedies, and administrability of remedies,” writes @sumitecon.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social:

This is legit hilarious

“Instead of focusing on fighting this abstraction, Apple should really be focusing on innovating.” – @sumitecon.bsky.social

🔥🔥🔥

A must-read on the Apple contempt ruling and what it means for Big Tech. ⬇️

On Meta’s uniqueness because it is controlled by one person—Mark Zuckerberg.

How it operates without any constraints

If the FTC and the Courts are allowed to operate independently we may get some relief - read more ⬇️

My statement
"Apple has consistently prioritized profits over the developer ecosystem that creates the majority of value for iPhone users. Instead of appealing the ruling, Apple should comply and focus on innovating - where is the intelligent Siri we were all promised in its ads?" ⬇️

News Read the latest headlines from NextGen Competition.

Need a roundup of April’s antitrust news? Our latest newsletter just dropped! 📩

Catch @sumitecon.bsky.social's take on the Meta-FTC trial, fresh updates on OpenAI, Big Tech flattery, and a full recap of our work this month.

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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:

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President Trump just fired two board members at the National Credit Union Administration in his latest attack on consumers.

Yet another attempt by Trump to skirt the rule of law, undermine independent agencies, and illegally purge the government of those working for Americans.

NextGen Competition Applauds Creation of Monopoly Busters Caucus

"The creation of a 'Monopoly Busters' caucus is a critical first step, and we commend @jayapal.house.gov, @deluzio.house.gov, @pkryan.bsky.social, and @repangiecraig.bsky.social for their proactive leadership." ⚖️🏛️

Read @sumitecon.bsky.social's full statement:

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Hoping Humphrey’s Executor stands so this is not another ‘At Will’ employment !

Would be good to see @bedoyaftc.bsky.social & Slaughter reinstated so that we have a fully functioning bipartisan FTC !

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Even more reason to look forward to this hearing on AI and competition !

@nextgencompetition.bsky.social sent a letter underscoring the transformative potential of AI and advocating for:

policy guardrails & effective competition

These policies will reinforce each other - it’s not either or.

I’m heading to the Senate floor because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people. You can tune in on CSPAN, YouTube, X, and Facebook.

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Great to join NextGen Competition @nextgencompetition.bsky.social as its Executive Director.

We will make the case for more competitive, differentiated, and innovative technology ecosystems.

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Vox Media: Podcast Network | On with Kara Swisher .

Bedoya & Slaughter on 'On' with Kara Swisher-what their firing means for consumers & businesses (not good)-& how it undermines enforcement without fear of favour

Time to start paying attention to the small print and how great that @karaswisher.bsky.social reads out the small print at 1x !