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💬 "This is not only about our children’s legacy. It’s knowing that if we fail, and when we fail, other children die. And that’s a lot of weight to carry," ParentsSOS founding member Deb Schmill tells @verge. @lauren_feiner reports on KOSA's future. ⬇️ theverge.com/policy/810874/k…

We held a panel on protecting American innovation in the age of AI — moderated by the Verge's @lauren_feiner and featuring @RepBeccaB, @dohamekki, and @rogerpalford.

A lot of ground covered. Encourage folks to go back and watch this whole interview, which spanned corruption, regulation, consumer safety, national security, antitrust & judicial reform. Truly fascinating chat between @lauren_feiner @dohamekki @RepBeccaB and @rogerpalford.

Moderater @lauren_feiner asks, "How equipped do you think our system is to deal with what's to come with AI, and what could make it better prepared?" @RepBeccaB jumps at the question: "Mine's pretty easy. Congress needs to take back its damn power."💯

Starting now: Safeguarding America’s Innovation Edge in the Age of AI, moderated by the Verge's @lauren_feiner and featuring @RepBeccaB, @dohamekki, and @rogerpalford. Another all all-star lineup at #AMS2025🔥🔥🔥

Fantastic panel on AI with @rogerpalford @RepBeccaB @dohamekki and @lauren_feiner

At ⁦@abaantitrust⁩ Brussels conference today, US Judge Amit Mehta defended his remedy opinion in @Google search #monopoly case, saying courts need to show restraint, be “cautious” in crafting remedies. ⁦@mlexclusive⁩ has the full story #antitrust ⁦@JusticeATR⁩

The judge in US v. Google says allowing Google's payments is "more palatable now", since GenAI companies "already are in a better position" to compete (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/policy/717087/g… techmeme.com/250902/p40#a250… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from…

Sure thing. 1) The theory is laid out in Inderst/Valletti and Inderst/Dobson but I frankly don’t have an opinion on that (nor am I talking about Costco specifically). What I’m saying is based on four years of conversations with at least two major wholesalers that supply independent grocers and truly countless numbers of those grocers who shared with me the comments they heard from those suppliers. 2) The legal difference is that the first is a 2(a) violation of RPA and the second is a 2(f) violation. 3) Someone might see that response and say “but we were talking about efficiency” - and that’s my point. I’m not talking about “efficiency” - because the law is not about an economic concept. It’s about a moral concept — fairness. It’s about providing a level playing field for the small grocer serving rural America (or urban America for that matter). We don’t have a minimum wage because it’s “efficient.” We don’t have workplace safety laws because they’re “efficient.” We have them because they are moral and fair, and the same applies to Robinson-Patman. And that’s Congress’s decision to define what “fair” is — not mine.

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Great report and color on the beat of Lauren Feiner’s remarkable month of April in DC Prettyman Courthouse that not only hosted consequential tech trials and tech giants but pivotal government accountability cases. 1/2

An AI law moratorium tucked away in Congress's budget bill could take a sledgehammer to state laws that put guardrails on tech. ARI's latest research shows which state laws are at risk. @lauren_feiner has the story: theverge.com/politics/681727…

Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/news/666729/kid… techmeme.com/250514/p26#a250…

FTC v. Meta: Meta's lawyer disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a "failed blogger", showing Meta's long-simmering media tensions (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/politics/666507… mediagazer.com/250514/p7#a25…

FTC v. Meta: the US case may come down to whether Judge James Boasberg believes blockchain social platform MeWe is a closer competitor to Instagram than TikTok (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/antitrust/66530… techmeme.com/250513/p27#a250…

Critics fear the Take It Down Act, one of the few online safety laws to pass in years, could be weaponized against content the Trump admin or its allies dislike (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/news/657632/tak… techmeme.com/250428/p30#a250…

So this just happened.

Google calls the passage of Utah's app store age-verification bill "concerning" and part of an effort by Meta and others to "offload" kids' safety to app stores (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/news/628583/goo… techmeme.com/250312/p40#a250…

Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age-verification bill and require parental consent for minors to download apps; the bill heads to the governor (@lauren_feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/news/624981/uta… techmeme.com/250305/p46#a250…

Trump Admin firing staff from FTC's Bureau of Competition, reports @lauren_feiner theverge.com/news/623242/fed…