Jennifer Huddleston
@jrhuddles
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Senior Fellow in Technology Policy at Cato. I tend to tweet about antitrust, data privacy, Section230, & running. All views are my own. RT/Like≠ endorsement.
Joined June 2009
Excited to share the video from @ProtonPrivacy I was part about the debate over personal privacy v. national security. #dataprivacy #catotechnology
https://t.co/H7I5efIDCC
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It is a classic and these lines are my favorite: "A moratorium on state-level policy could provide the impetus for Congress to identify and determine where such a framework is needed while still allowing innovation to flourish without Sacramento or Austin disrupting progress
Working on a blog post with more updated thoughts but in the meantime given the renewed discussion over potential federal preemption of state AI laws here's my piece on why a patchwork of state AI laws is particularly problematic from this summer
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Working on a blog post with more updated thoughts but in the meantime given the renewed discussion over potential federal preemption of state AI laws here's my piece on why a patchwork of state AI laws is particularly problematic from this summer
cato.org
Already, many of the “doomers’” fears have turned out to be hyperbolic and unlikely. A decade gives time for both societal norms and a federal framework to adapt to this new technology without the...
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The most likely outcome is that AI and robots make everyone wealthy. In fact, far wealthier than the richest person on Earth 👀 By this, I mean that people will have access to everything from medical care that is superhuman to games that are far more fun that what exists today.
JUST IN: Elon Musk says AI and humanoid robots will "eliminate poverty" and "make everyone wealthy."
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Fed courts are delivering a tough reality check: #TechAntitrust complaints may not cut corners on mkt def'n in order to challenge svcs & acquisitions ... esp when they ultimately benefit #SmallTech. 1/5
A U.S. district judge rejected the FTC’s claims that Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, holds an illegal monopoly in social media
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The FTC’s legal defeat against Meta is a blow to a condominium on the right and left that wants to use antitrust law to punish politically disfavored businesses. https://t.co/fIsn0BgfQm
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Its monopoly case loses after five years of fierce online competition.
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Great thread with an example (broadband) of the value of right-sized federal preemption.
Yesterday, President Trump called for a uniform federal standard to ensure American leadership in AI. Here’s why conservatives should support a national standard, drawing lessons from the “net neutrality” wars and Justice Scalia. 1/
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The FTC lost their first big tech antitrust case against Meta. What does this spell for their other case, against Amazon, slated for trial in 2027? Well for starters, a gerrymandered market of just 4 players isn’t going to cut it.
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If you want to hear more from me on this case and other attempts to break up "big tech" don't miss this @OpentoDebateOrg event on December 4 https://t.co/ONA6cSqZDS
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About the Debate Has Big Tech become too powerful? From social media platforms and e-commerce giants to cloud computing and AI, tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft wield...
Today a court ruled that the FTC had failed to prove Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws. TLDR they said Meta is not a monopoly (which to me seems pretty obvious) An immediate reaction thread on why this is good news for more than just Meta
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This was definitely a highlight during my time here at the @CatoInstitute! See me here with my incredible Cato Gov Affairs team and @jrhuddles Special thanks to our Conference team and the scholars who participated! This was truly a labor of love brought to life!
The Cato Institute hosted its first annual Congressional Policy Summit, welcoming Hill staff to engage in policy discussions with Cato experts. Topics included foreign policy, the budget, and technology, and staffers learned more about Cato’s commitment to individual liberty,
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For decades, presidents, their staff, and FCC officials have threatened broadcasters with license revocation (usually in private). It should end. But it will continue until the Supreme Court overturns NBC v. US (1943) and Red Lion (1969). https://t.co/XuUZa9dely HT @jrhuddles
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Trump insulted ABC News reporter Mary Bruce days after telling a female reporter to be "quiet, piggy," when she asked about Jeffrey Epstein.
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🚨 HUGE: The court just dismissed the FTC's case against Meta (related to Instagram/WhatsApp)🚨 It is mostly a market definition decision (boring), but the Judge looked to do a good job on the economics behind market definition. Let's go through it 🧵
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This was a complete stomping. I don't think there is a single substantive point on which the court sided with the FTC.
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Wild that so many thought this would be a free speech administration.
Reporter: Mr. President, why wait for congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now? Trump: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude… I think the license should be taken away from ABC. We have a great commissioner, a chairman who should look at
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The wins in these cases are not primarily wins for specific companies. They are wins for free competition, dynamic innovation, and, ultimately, the consumer.
Today a court ruled that the FTC had failed to prove Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws. TLDR they said Meta is not a monopoly (which to me seems pretty obvious) An immediate reaction thread on why this is good news for more than just Meta
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Instagram was considered a risky bet and a late night joke when then Facebook acquired it. A win for the FTC could have rendered many more business decisions subject retroactive reviews in ways that don't reflect the reality of the market either in the past or present
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Additionally, a win would have sent a negative signal around mergers and acquisitions. It could have chilled important acquisitions more generally but particularly in the tech sector.
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As I discussed when oral arguments were being heard, breaking up Meta would not benefit consumers and could even make it harder to improve products for consumers along the way (and not solve the other policy concerns the FTC mentions either)
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As the Meta case continues, the focus must be on consumers, not companies or competitors.
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Starting with the obvious this is another example of courts rejecting attempts to make #antitrust more than its current objective standard. Doing so would shift the focus off consumers on to things that are far more subjective and political and could fail to benefit consumers
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Today a court ruled that the FTC had failed to prove Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws. TLDR they said Meta is not a monopoly (which to me seems pretty obvious) An immediate reaction thread on why this is good news for more than just Meta
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