Reminds me of when Google's lawyers tried to prevent @bokelley
, @acasale and others from testifying as experts in the adtech antitrust trial…
@martyswant
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Google’s Legal Strategy in Adtech Antitrust Trial
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Uber’s Advertising Business Reaches $1.5B Annual Run Rate
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During its quarterly earnings yesterday @Uber announced its advertising business now has annual run rate of $1.5 billion — up 60% from just a year ago.
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Antitrust Filings Against Big Tech Companies Under Scrutiny
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Haha same re: recycling! But instead of reading about this news I’ve been reading antitrust filings.
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Google Antitrust Trial: Auction Control and Data Transparency Issues
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Jerath was a witness during the initial trial and testified that Google's control over ad auctions and data transparency practices harmed advertisers by limiting their access to crucial data and manipulating auction outcomes. Jerath was also quoted in Judge Mehta's opinion.
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Google Blocks DOJ Witness in Search Antitrust Trial
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Google just filed a motion in the search trial to block the DOJ from calling Prof. Kinshuk Jerath as a rebuttal witness, arguing DOJ is unfairly trying to back proposed ad transparency remedies—including Ads Data Hub reforms—without giving Google’s expert a chance to respond.
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UK Seeks Public Input on AI Deal Within Two Weeks
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TL;DR — If you have thoughts on the deal, send the UK a letter in the next two weeks.
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CMA Launches Inquiry Into IPG-Omnicom Merger Competition Impact
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The @CMAgovUK has opened an inquiry to see if the IPG-Omnicom merger would create a "merger situation" that would harm competition in any relevant goods or services markets. It's just a standard procedure so far, with CMA inviting industry commentary submitted by May 21.
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Trump Admin Disbands Disinformation Tracking Units Amid Platform Opacity
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Another important point from @WillOremus
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Russian Disinformation Campaign Uses GPT-3 Generative AI
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The story also cites newly published research from Clemson University, which found a different Russian-backed disinformation operation used generative AI (GPT-3) to boost the volume, diversity and effectiveness of propaganda. Here's a chart & the paper: https://
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Russia-Backed AI Disinformation Campaign Impersonates Journalists and Officials
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A new report from @ISDglobal details a Russia-aligned operation that used AI-generated voices and images to impersonate journalists, professors and police. The operation used bot networks to sow confusion and distrust with disinformation across X, Telegram and Bluesky.