Tag: Monopoly (in business)

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News
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March 5, 2021

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Business and Finance, Economics, Law

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Android, App stores, Apple (company), Arizona, Big Tech, Google, iPhone, Matt Stoller, Monopoly (in business), North Dakota, Steve Jobs}

Arizona Fights Back Against Big Tech App Store Monopoly

_{North Dakota’s anti-monopoly legislation was defeated but Arizona’s passed} _{News

March 5, 2021

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Business and Finance, Economics, Law}

Big tech, flexing political muscles, is starting to get pushback at the state level. Political analyst Matt Stoller tells us a tale of two states: A loser and a winner: Two weeks ago, Apple and Google managed to defeat a major bill in North Dakota to force competition in app stores. This week, the Arizona House of Representatives defied the tech giants and passed the very same bill… Matt Stoller, “Apple Threatens North Dakota, Suffers Crushing Loss in Arizona: “A Lot of It is Just Fear”” at Substack Even sovereign states like Australia have felt the heat from pushing back against the likes of Facebook. Facebook blocked access to the Australian government’s Facebook pages during the forest fire season, due Read More ›

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March 4, 2021

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Censorship, Medicine and Health

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Algorithms (at Amazon), Amazon, Chuck Dinerstein, COVID-19 vaccination misinformation, Monopoly (in business)}

Consultant MD Shows, Amazon Markets COVID-19 Vax Misinformation

_{As a recent research study showed, while Amazon acts as a censor when it chooses, its basic algorithms would frustrate any real effort to deal with misinformation} _{News

March 4, 2021

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Censorship, Medicine and Health}

Yesterday, we looked at the way Amazon can use its near-monopoly position (83% of the market) to prevent both the publication and distribution of books. It can, as we saw, pick sides in a controversy and tag material that was previously only controversial as “hate speech.” But anyone who thinks that this corporate power is wisely used may wish to consider hospital consultant M.D. Chuck Dinerstein’s comments on the algorithm Amazon uses to decide on the science value of material on the COVID-19 vaccine. Amazon markets information for profit. It does not act, like Twitter and Facebook, primarily as a platform or carrier. It’s algorithms are designed to sell the products. So Amazon keeps track of what you like, what Read More ›