Publications
OMI Europe director Max von Thun argues that Europe’s dependence on U.S. technology has become a sovereignty risk, as American control over cloud services, payments, chips, social media, and AI infrastructure could be weaponized for political pressure.
Read MoreA report from Open Markets Institute Senior Fellow Sally Hubbard argues policymakers must ensure either that AI agents work on behalf of users, or that users understand when AI agents are working on behalf of a corporation.
Read MoreCJL Director Courtney Radsch joins the talk on how Trump administration’s visa restriction policy targeting noncitizen researchers, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers is a dangerous attack on independent research and free expression, warning that it could chill the study of platform harms, weaken democratic accountability, and let the government decide who is allowed to scrutinize powerful tech companies.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute Europe warns that the Commission is failing to seize the full potential of the DMA to address harmful abuses of market power by digital gatekeepers.
Read MoreStatement condemning the Federal Communications Commission’s politically motivated decision to order Disney, ABC and their television subsidiaries to file early license renewal applications – a move which comes as the White House once again calls for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Center for Journalism and Liberty director Courtney Radsch argued that the UK failed to meaningfully address the dominance of hyperscale cloud providers, criticizing regulators for relying on voluntary commitments rather than structural remedies despite clear evidence of concentrated market power.
Read MoreOpen Markets Europe director Max von Thun argued in this co-written article that Europe has an opportunity to counter concentrated tech power and assert global economic leadership by aligning digital markets with democratic values and deeper economic integration
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore the sobering lessons of the last big railroad merger to evaluate the proposal to merge Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore how Google’s proprietary AI chips will do little to dent Nvidia’s monopoly over the industry. We also released a new playbook to help state policymakers stop the encroachment of private equity into child care..
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute, Balanced Economy Project, Rebalance Now, and SOMO released condemned the European Commission’s decision to allow Google to acquire cloud security firm, Wiz, against expert recommendations for a deeper assessment of the deal.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore the legal and economic impact of OpenAI’s deals to lock up supply of memory chips.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute published a blueprint for Europe’s transition towards an open, competitive, and sovereign cloud market, co-authored by Europe director Max von Thun and EU tech policy fellow George Colville.
Read MoreThe European Commission announced a preliminary finding that Meta may have abused its dominant position by excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp. The Commission intends to impose interim measures to prevent serious and irreparable damage to competition. Such measures could include Meta being forced to open WhatsApp to third-party AI assistants. Max von Thun, Director of Europe & Transatlantic Partnerships at the Open Markets Institute, released a following statement.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released a statement led by Max von Thun, Director of Europe & Transatlantic Partnership a preliminary finding that TikTok’s platform design contributes to addictive use and may violate the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) requiring TikTok to fundamentally change to its business model, including disabling addictive features such as “infinite scroll”.
Read MoreCJL program manager Karina Montoya takes stock of Google’s YouTube TV growth in live TV streaming, and what its clashes with TV programmers mean as Big Tech continues to be an unregulated actor in streaming services.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore Google’s growing power in the television industry, as the tech giant uses YouTube T V to squeeze major TV programmers like Fox and Disney.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch contends that both the Netflix and Paramount–Skydance bids for Warner Bros. Discovery would deepen media concentration in ways that endanger free speech, audience choice, and democracy by placing cultural storytelling and news under the control of conglomerates willing to bend to political pressure.
Read MoreEurope research fellow Claire Lavin co-wrote an article arguing that Google’s proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz would dangerously concentrate control over Europe’s cloud security infrastructure in the hands of a U.S. tech gatekeeper, threatening competition, data governance, and digital sovereignty—and must be rigorously investigated and potentially blocked by EU regulators.
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