Meta antitrust case poses first big test of Trump’s new FTC

Why Trump’s FTC Firings Matter—Even If They’re Legal

President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last Tuesday, a move that raises important questions about the independence of regulatory agencies. If challenged in court—something the commissioners say they will do—the outcome could set a major precedent regarding presidential authority over so-called independent agencies. Legally, this issue is murky. The statute that established the FTC says a…

Meta antitrust case poses first big test of Trump’s new FTC

Mark Zuckerberg steps up lobbying effort with antitrust regulator set to signal its approach to Big Tech

Meta and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will face up to this month in a federal court, in the first big test to check whether the new regulator...

What’s the FTC’s Tech Antitrust Vision?

Observing all of the policy ordnance leaping from the previous Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one has a sense of its relentless ideological certainty. And yet, it is difficult to identify from it a unified or tangible FTC vision for the ideal state of competition in digital markets. What should operators of curated online marketplaces (COMs) and other digital market competitors be doing that would be more pro-competitive and be…