Backseat Driver: Data Privacy, Your Car, and You
Without federal legislation around the ownership and privacy of data collected by sophisticated personal vehicles, the legal rules of the road about such data are unclear.
big tech
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Acquisitions, Neo-Brandeisian Antitrust, and Harming Innovation: The Unusual, Experimental Case of Meta, Within, and the FTC
A partisan move by FTC Commissioners seeks to block Meta from acquiring a small VR company. This move upends decades of antitrust standards and likely causes more harm than good.
Professor Cameron Miller (Syracuse) Discusses the Downside of Proposed Federal Antitrust Legislation (AICOA)
Washington, DC (July 28, 2022): DCI author Professor Cameron Miller (Whitman School of Business, Syracuse University) was recently
New White Paper Shows How the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Would Harm America's Startup Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2022) — A new Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) white paper by Syracuse University Whitman School of Manage
Should Big Tech Acquisitions Be Restricted?
Analysis of datasets on M&A and venture activity shows Big Tech's startup acquisitions don't reduce competition or dampen innovation.
Should Platforms Be Banned from Selling in Their Own Markets?
New policies propose to ban platforms from selling in their own marketplaces but disregard the economic benefits of seller-operated marketplaces.
New Research: Online Marketplaces Help Level the Playing Field for Small Sellers
Access to Millions of Customers and Integrated Tools Help Small Sellers Compete with Large Retailers Washington, DC (May 26, 2022
New Research: Small Businesses Believe Congress is Focusing on Wrong Issues
Small Business Priorities Are Inflation, COVID, and Data Security - Not Antitrust Washington, DC (May 19, 2022): As inflation ris
New Research Debunks Myth That “Big Tech” M&A Crushes Competition
Findings Show GAFAM Acquisitions are Not Unique and Do Not Create “Kill Zones” Washington, DC (April 5, 2022): New research autho
Tech Industry Acquisitions and Competition: Counterpoints to an Incomplete FTC Report and Legislation that Relies on It
New research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A, and suggest that tech acquisitions are actually a symptom of healthy competition.
No There There: Putting Big Tech’s Acquisitions In the Proper Context
The FTC's tunnel-vision focus on the sheer number of tiny acquisitions by "big tech" during the past decade is being used as justification for a complete antitrust system overhaul.
Data Catalyst Institute Analysis of the House Judiciary Committee Tech Antitrust Legislation and Report Card on 'Populist Antitrust'
The Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) works to support stakeholders and policymakers as they undertake the important and difficult wor