Gilad Edelman
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Washington, DC, United States
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Elon Musk May Have a Point About Donald Trump’s Twitter Ban
It’s probably not a good idea for important platforms to be in the business of frequently banning users for life. → Read More
FTX's Steph Curry Ad Is the First Honest Celebrity Crypto Commercial
What if no one cares whether it’s a Ponzi scheme? → Read More
Biden Puts Big Tech’s Favorite Business Model on Notice
The regulation of surveillance advertising used to be a fringe idea. Now it’s in the State of the Union address, at least when it comes to kids. → Read More
Google's Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market
A newly unredacted legal filing sheds light on internal programs that antitrust enforcers argue advantaged Google at the expense of advertisers and publishers. → Read More
The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Draws Blood
The latest ruling by a federal judge is a milestone for the effort to regulate Big Tech. → Read More
Facebook Quietly Makes a Big Admission
The company’s new approach to political content acknowledges that engagement isn’t always the best way to measure what users value. → Read More
Lina Khan’s Theory of the Facebook Antitrust Case Takes Shape
With a beefed-up complaint, the Federal Trade Commission explains precisely why it thinks the social media giant is an illegal monopoly. → Read More
How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook
The social media giant's new transparency report mostly succeeds in showing the extent of its spam problem. → Read More
Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up
The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly? → Read More
Who’s Winning the War Between Biden and Facebook? Fox News
Misinformation on the cable channel may be responsible for more vaccine hesitancy than the social network. → Read More
No, Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities
It’s time to retire one of the most half-baked ideas for regulating Big Tech. → Read More
Trump's Ban Shows the Facebook Oversight Board Is Kind of Working
Facebook has agreed to follow some of the board’s non-binding recommendations regarding the Donald Trump suspension. That’s progress. → Read More
A New Antitrust Case Cuts to the Core of Amazon’s Identity
The Washington DC attorney general claims that the company obsessed with satisfying customers is actually screwing them. → Read More
Florida’s New Social Media Law Will Be Laughed Out of Court
The Stop Social Media Censorship Act almost certainly violates both the US Constitution and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. → Read More
Trump’s Facebook Ban Is Upheld—For Now
The Facebook Oversight Board is referring its most controversial case back to the company. → Read More
Why Lawmakers Are So Interested in Apple and Google's 'Rent'
You can’t understand the app store debate without knowing a crucial piece of antitrust jargon. → Read More
Social Media CEOs Can’t Defend Their Business Model
Everyone knows Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube make money by keeping users engaged. Why won’t their executives admit it to Congress? → Read More
This Group Wants to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’
A new front is opening in the fight to reform Facebook and Google—right at the heart of their business model. → Read More
Biden Is Assembling a Big Tech Antitrust All-Star Team
Appointing Lina Khan to the FTC would add an anti-monopoly crusader to a crucial position—as does Tim Wu’s installment at the National Economic Council. → Read More
Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive
Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations. → Read More