Posts tagged 2026
The Globe and Mail - Canada must stand with Europe against U.S. Big Tech

Policy and advocacy lead Giorgos Verdi joins Keldon Bester from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project in The Globe and Mail to argue that the EU and Canada must commit to the “tech alliance” promised by Ursula von der Leyen and work together to break away from their shared dependence on American tech platforms and infrastructure.

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Dozens of International Media Organizations Back Australian Creatives in Warning Against Copyright Changes

he Center for Media and Digital Governance at Open Markets joined a coalition letter urging the Australian government to maintain strong copyright protections for creators and journalists amid reports that officials are considering exempting AI companies from copyright obligations when training their models. CMDG warned that weakening these protections would undermine rights holders’ ability to control and negotiate compensation for the use of their work and could set a harmful international precedent.

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Report - Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts

Our report in partnership with Americans for Financial Reform outlines vulnerabilities in the financial system and wider economy that could intensify an AI crash into the next financial crisis, and provides steps that policymakers can take to mitigate the damage and protect everyday people from bearing the costs.

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Circular Financing Arrangements, Mounting Risky Debt, and Increased Stock Market Exposure: The AI Bubble is Primed to Pop

This report with Americans for Financial Reform is an urgent warning: it details how the money pouring into AI could spiral into an economy-wide crisis and lays out recommendations for policymakers on how to keep an AI crash from devastating ordinary people’s finances.

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Washington Monthly - How to Govern the Pacing of the AI Frontier

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and AI policy lead Arnav Rao argue that AI companies do not need an antitrust exemption to coordinate on safety, and should instead use a broadly representative, government-supervised standards body that preserves competition while setting clear safeguards for frontier AI development.

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The Corner Newsletter: OMI’s Paris Conference “Liberty or Monopoly?” and Fox’s Roku Purchase (October 6th, 2026)

In this issue, we detail our successful two-day antimonopoly conference in Paris on how U.S. tech corporations threaten human liberty and European democracy and sovereignty, and look at the potential dangers posed by Fox’s takeover of Roku.

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OMI Slams ‘Wholly Inadequate’ Paramount-Warner Bros Settlement

CMDG Director Courtney Radsch warns that the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery settlement will deepen media concentration, arguing that stronger antitrust enforcement and policies curbing Big Tech’s control over information markets are needed to protect jobs, plurality, and independent journalism.

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Open Markets Institute’s Comment to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Socio-Economic Impact of Dairy Consolidation

Open Markets Institute urges Minnesota to curb mega-dairy expansion and reform dairy markets, warning that growing consolidation is pushing family farms out of business while shifting economic, environmental, and infrastructure costs onto rural communities.

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When Breaking the Law Becomes a Business Strategy, the Federal Trade Commission Should Step In

In a groundbreaking new legal paper, Sandeep Vaheesan argues that companies that systematically violate laws to undercut rivals are engaging in an unfair method of competition and that the FTC can and should take action. This includes Big AI copyright law violations.

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