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The Next American Revolution: Breaking Oligarchy and Making a New Democracy
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The Next American Revolution: Breaking Oligarchy and Making a New Democracy
Events

On June 24, 2026, in Washington, DC, we convened policymakers, researchers, journalists, technology experts, and political strategists for an event designed to help shape the next phase of American political debate. The convening elevated the fight against concentrated private power as a central priority for democratic renewal while helping refine and mainstream emerging arguments around platform power and political economy.

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Open Markets Institute Joins Amicus Brief Defending California AI Transparency Law in Landmark Appeal
Amicus Briefs & Petitions, Press Releases
Open Markets Institute Joins Amicus Brief Defending California AI Transparency Law in Landmark Appeal
Amicus Briefs & Petitions, Press Releases

As debates about AI governance and transparency sweep across governments, the Open Markets Institute has joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold California's law requiring AI companies to disclose information about the data used to train their models. 

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Europe's €890 million Google Fine is 'Bare Minimum' – EU Must Now Force Compliance
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Europe's €890 million Google Fine is 'Bare Minimum' – EU Must Now Force Compliance
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Massive corporations like Google should not be able to buy their way out of complying with EU law.

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The EU’s Clearance of Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Is a Failure to Protect Europe's Creative Industries and Media Pluralism
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The EU’s Clearance of Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Is a Failure to Protect Europe's Creative Industries and Media Pluralism
Press Releases, Statements

The Commission's approval comes despite months of warnings fromcivil society, journalists, and thefilm and TV industries that the deal would concentrate an unprecedented share of production, distribution and broadcasting power in the hands of one company, reducing the number of major American studios from four to three.

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Shining a light on monopoly power and its dangers to democracy.

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Project Syndicate - AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism
Courtney Radsch
Project Syndicate - AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism
Courtney Radsch

CMDG director Courtney Radsch argues how policymakers must urgently regulate the AI industry before it replicates and supercharges "surveillance capitalism" business models that commercially exploit personal data and reward psychological manipulation

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Courtney Radsch
Washington Monthly - Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI
Open Markets
Washington Monthly - Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI
Open Markets

Editorial director Anita Jane argues that AI’s real danger is not superintelligence, but Big Tech’s inflated economics, concentrated power, and use of AI to turn workers and creators into tools serving machines rather than people.

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Project Syndicate - The Missing Ingredient for European Tech Sovereignty
Open Markets
Project Syndicate - The Missing Ingredient for European Tech Sovereignty
Open Markets

Policy and advocacy lead Giorgos Verdi argues that the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package is a promising step toward reducing Europe’s dependence on U.S. technology firms, but warned it will fall short unless Europe also confronts the market concentration that allows Big Tech to dominate AI, cloud, chips, and digital infrastructure.

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The Corner Newsletter: California Takes Antitrust Leadership Role ( July 14th, 2026)
The Corner Newsletter: California Takes Antitrust Leadership Role ( July 14th, 2026)

In this issue, we explore how California’s COMPETE Act sets the stage for California to become a global superpower in antitrust, as the Trump administration all but suspends federal enforcement.

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The Corner Newsletter: Open Markets’ Next American Revolution Conference & the Supreme Court’s Accelerating Autocratic Turn (June 30, 2026)
The Corner Newsletter: Open Markets’ Next American Revolution Conference & the Supreme Court’s Accelerating Autocratic Turn (June 30, 2026)

In this issue, we take a look at two new rules from Italy and the U.K. to help news publishers negotiate fair compensation for their content with AI corporations. We also preview our June 24 conference on combating oligarchy, which will feature keynotes from Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy, and Chris Van Hollen.

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The Corner Newsletter: Our Next Revolution Conference on Capitol Hill & Europe’s New Rules to Support Publishers in AI Era (June 16, 2026)
The Corner Newsletter: Our Next Revolution Conference on Capitol Hill & Europe’s New Rules to Support Publishers in AI Era (June 16, 2026)

In this issue, we take a look at two new rules from Italy and the U.K. to help news publishers negotiate fair compensation for their content with AI corporations. We also preview our June 24 conference on combating oligarchy, which will feature keynotes from Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy, and Chris Van Hollen.

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The Next American Revolution: Breaking Oligarchy and Making a New Democracy
The Next American Revolution: Breaking Oligarchy and Making a New Democracy
Webinar - License, Please: Mapping the Road Ahead for AI Licensing
Webinar - License, Please: Mapping the Road Ahead for AI Licensing
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Tech Policy Press - Dispatch from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio District Court Hearing
Tech Policy Press - Dispatch from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio District Court Hearing
More Perfect Union - How One Mega Merger Could Raise Prices On Everything
More Perfect Union - How One Mega Merger Could Raise Prices On Everything
 

EXCLUSIVE REPORT

Stopping big tech
from becoming big ai

With AI rapidly becoming a cornerstone of the global economy, our report with Mozilla warns that society stands at a critical crossroads: One path leads to a future where AI is controlled by a small number of powerful corporations, threatening innovation, consumer privacy, individual liberty and democracy. The other path, the report advocates, leads to a diverse and competitive market where AI is developed by a wide range of participants – public, private, and non-profit – and serves the broader public interest. 

 
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“A tiny nonprofit that’s becoming a lightning rod for growing anger and frustration with Big Tech in America.”

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“Open Markets is doing revolutionary and essential work when monopoly looms over American life.”

- VICE

“The Open Markets group led by Lynn contains many of the most respected voices in an increasingly prominent discussion about technology and telecom monopolies, and its findings about corporate consolidation and monopolistic power have been extremely influential in turning antitrust into an important policy issue.”

- New York Magazine

“There have been few think tank teams as effective as Barry Lynn’s [and the Open Market Institute’s].”

- The Atlantic

“The whole idea of a think tank is to cultivate ideas that have an actual impact on The Debate. Barry Lynn [and the Open Markets Institute] has done that better than anyone.”

- Chris Hayes, MSNBC

“The past couple of years have seen a resurgence of political interest in antitrust policy, which is increasingly seen as a potential solution to America’s current dilemma of high corporate profits and slow economic growth…It’s fair to say that the primary intellectual mover behind all of this has been Barry Lynn [and the Open Markets Institute].”

- Vox

“It's difficult to overstate Mr. Lynn’s [and Open Market Institute’s] influence in raising concerns about the market dominance of Google, as well as other tech companies such as Amazon and Facebook.”

- The New York Times

 

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