Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Meta urged to ban child-like chatbots amid Brazil’s safety concerns

 DigWatch, here

Judge says Amazon must disclose its research funding to economists, academics and think tanks as part of a class action lawsuit.

Motion to compel, here.

Order granting motion to compel, here.

This is Lina Khan's article BTW, from Wavesblog archives.

[What about an academic who writes an economic paper "recommending caution" from enforcers - exculpating Amazon's self-preferencing - and a few days after publication starts working for Amazon. Does it count as external or internal? 

More fundamentally: does this type of intellectual capture work like this? Amazon supplies data (and money), friendly IO economists in academia supply theories - models, and the outcomes neatly reinforce the economics that defend entrenched power? Huge ROI possible]


What happened?

 


Google updates terms for app marketplace following EU pressure

 


Euronews, here

Virtual (ASCOLA) Townhouse Meeting With Lina Khan

  September 4, 10-11 am Eastern Time, here to sign up.