Government Organizations – Page 13 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Facebook and the NYU Ad Observatory, Facebook’s FTC Decrees, Tradeoffs and Politics

Monday, October 26, 2020

The dispute between Facebook and the Ad Observatory are just as emblematic of the trade-offs between privacy and social responsibility as Clearview AI.

United States v. Google

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, and if it fails it gives a template for Congressional action.

Facebook’s Missing Monopoly, Facebook Takes Down QAnon, Facebook Versus Turkey

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Calling Facebook a monopoly in the antitrust sense doesn’t make any sense, because digital goods aren’t a zero-sum game. Facebook, though, is increasingly American in the way it operates.

Anti-Monopoly vs. Antitrust

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

What matters about the Congressional report on tech and antitrust is that it exists, not the specific details.

The TikTok Tick Tock, Skipping to the End Game, Trump’s Choice

Monday, September 14, 2020

The latest updates on TikTok, and why the ball is firmly in Trump’s court: he can claim victory, but the correct response is to ban the app.

Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, Breaking Down the Code, Australia’s Fake News

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Australia’s new media code forcing Google and Facebook to pay incumbent media companies is wrapped in dishonesty about the reality of the Internet.

New Huawei Rules, What Now for Huawei, Apple’s Brand and China Inc.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

New Huawei rules may kill not only the company’s handset business, but also its base station business. Why hasn’t China yet retaliated against Apple?

Qualcomm Wins on Appeal, The Opinion, Apple’s Foresight

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Qualcomm won its appeal against the FTC; most of the opinion’s narrow arguments make sense, but look differently when considered holistically.

Antitrust Politics

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Analyzing the politics of the antitrust hearing featuring the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Microsoft and TikTok, The Microsoft Angle, The TikTok Angle

Monday, August 3, 2020

Understanding what is happening with Microsoft’s bid for TikTok, why the enterprise company would do the deal, and the implications for TikTok, Facebook, and others.

(Preview) Xi Jinping Comes to Washington; US-China Agenda, Questions and Expectations; The September Politburo Meeting

(Preview) Xi Jinping Comes to Washington; US-China Agenda, Questions and Expectations; The September Politburo Meeting

GM and CarPlay

iPhone 18 Pro

Amazon Blocks Muse, Amazon’s Moat, Aggregator v Aggregator

An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People

Salesforce AI Force, Agents as UI, The Race to Headless

(Preview) Xi Jinping Comes to Washington; US-China Agenda, Questions and Expectations; The September Politburo Meeting

GM and CarPlay

iPhone 18 Pro

An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People

An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI