The easiest way for the government to censor speech is not always to ban it. Sometimes, it is to find someone else with a hand on the switch.
That is the problem at the center of the current debate over
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Europe’s Cloudy Judgment
Europe wants to become an AI continent. Fair enough. But it will not get there by turning the cloud into a customs checkpoint.
The European Commission’s new European technological-sovereignty package deserves close attention in Washington, Brussels, and boardrooms on both
EU Digital Omnibus Hands the Wheel to the Referee
The Digital Omnibus was supposed to make European Union data law simpler, clearer, and less allergic to reality. Instead, the Council of the European Union appears to be turning it into something more familiar: a reform that trims the statute,
WarGames, Shopping Bots, and the Statute Trap: The CFAA and Amazon v Perplexity
When the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral argument later today in Amazon.com Services LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc., it will confront a novel question: how should the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a statute
Brussels’ AI Catch-22: Siri, Define ‘Choice’
Did Apple jump, or was it pushed?
That is the question Brussels would rather not answer after Apple announced that its new Siri AI features will not ship on iPhones and iPads in the European Union. The European Commission says
Brussels Reboots Merger Control. Now Debug the Discretion.
European Union merger control is getting a software update. The question is whether the new code will make the system faster, smarter, and better at spotting real competitive problems—or simply give the European Commission more buttons to press.
The pending
The FTC’s Robinson-Patman Hangover
There is no special virtue in seeing a bad case through to the bitter end. At some point, persistence looks less like principle and more like a sunk cost with a docket number.
Last week, I wrote about the Federal
Paramount’s Mission: Impossible Antitrust Case
Hollywood loves a sequel, and the antitrust fight over Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is becoming one. First came the familiar streaming-monopoly scare. Now comes the more personal version: the writers, drivers, and actors
The EU’s Bid to Nationalize Space
Europe’s latest space policy has a simple theory: To build a champion, you must first clear the field.
The European Commission’s newly adopted proposal to reallocate the 2 GHz mobile-satellite-service (MSS) band—a slice of radio spectrum used for satellite communications—would
No Free Lunch at Linney’s Pizza
A pizza shop wants lower debit-card fees. Fair enough. But if it wins, the tab may not land where diners expect. It could reshape administrative law, narrow the Federal Reserve’s discretion, and make ordinary checking accounts more expensive.
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