Google’s Efforts to Push Deeper Into Banking Should Worry Everyone
November 18, 2020— The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to Google’s major relaunch of Google Pay and its announcement that it will be partnering with 11 banks to launch a new kind of bank account in 2021.
Fed Should Reject Morgan Stanley’s Eaton Vance Bid
October 8, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reports that Morgan Stanley intends to buy fund manager Eaton Vance.
Congress’s Big Tech Report is a Victory for American Democracy Over Trillion Dollar Titans
October 6, 2020 - Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee concluded its year-long investigation into the gatekeeping power of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google by releasing a final report that documents how these corporations built and abused their monopoly power, and includes a series of policy recommendations such as structural and line of business separations to restore competition.
Online Commerce Is Not Speech
September 18, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that policymakers should revise Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to make the legal framework underpinning the internet consistent with longstanding American democratic principles of dispersed power, openness, and clear liability rules for product harm.
Trump’s Executive Order on Section 230 is Just a Distraction
May 28, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reports that President Trump will be issuing an executive order regarding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.