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Patrick Hedger

@pat_hedger
26 posts
2026-02-09
Europe: “We demand AI safety!” Also Europe: “Let any AI system into your network.”
2026-02-09 View on X
Bloomberg

The European Commission sends a statement of objections to Meta over WhatsApp blocking rival AI chatbots, warning it will take measures to avoid “serious” harm

Meta Platforms Inc. was given a European Union warning over policies that block the use of rival Artificial Intelligence assistants …

2026-02-08
Government: Spending a bunch of money to connect everyone to the internet while banning the thing they're actually connecting to.
2026-02-08 View on X
Wired

New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation

2026-02-07
Government: Spending a bunch of money to connect everyone to the internet while banning the thing they're actually connecting to.
2026-02-07 View on X
Wired

New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation

Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.

Because they reinvest a tremendous amount of money in building new things in America. All of these headlines about how “little” corporations pay in taxes are just about reinvestment in new capital and R&D. Do we not want those things?
2026-02-07 View on X
Politico

Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill

2026-02-06
Because they reinvest a tremendous amount of money in building new things in America. All of these headlines about how “little” corporations pay in taxes are just about reinvestment in new capital and R&D. Do we not want those things?
2026-02-06 View on X
Politico

Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill

The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’

2025-04-24
Call it what it really is: tech tariffs.
2025-04-24 View on X
Reuters

The White House says that the EU's €500M fine on Apple and €200M fine on Meta are a “novel form of economic extortion” that the US will not tolerate

The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) by the European Union were a …

Call it what it really is: tech tariffs.
2025-04-24 View on X
European Commission

The European Commission says that Meta's Facebook Marketplace should no longer be designated under the DMA, citing fewer than 10,000 business users in 2024

Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) …

2025-04-23
Antitrust law should be about protecting competition, not competitors. Spinning off Chrome would be unrelated to the search case against Google. Letting OpenAI buy it would amount to directly subsidizing a significant competitor who is already putting major pressure on Google.
2025-04-23 View on X
Bloomberg

US v. Google: OpenAI's ChatGPT chief Nick Turley says the company would be interested in buying Chrome from Google if a federal court orders it to be spun off

OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.

2025-03-21
The economic damage and chilling of speech would be unfathomable. Anger directed at Section 230 is the ultimate example of missing the forest for the trees. Its detractors have no concept of how much awful content is filtered before it ever reaches users.
2025-03-21 View on X
The Information

Source: US Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham plan to introduce a bipartisan bill with wide support that would make Section 230 expire on January 1, 2027

In June 1995, two young congressmen reached across the aisle to introduce legislation that would become the defining legal protection …

2024-07-02
I think it's a big and underreported problem that powerful state AGs are just straight up lying about how they did at SCOTUS. [image]
2024-07-02 View on X
CBS News

SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges

The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, ...

Key takeaway from the NetChoice cases. Florida and Texas went too far and their social media laws' days are numbered.
2024-07-02 View on X
CBS News

SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges

The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, ...

2024-06-23
Europe has moved from not innovating to not benefitting from innovation elsewhere. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides of the aisle in the United States are copying and collaborating with Luddites on the continent.
2024-06-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements

After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Lloyd Coombes / iMore : Apple's biggest iOS 18 and macOS features, including Apple intelligence, won't come to the...

2024-06-22
Europe has moved from not innovating to not benefitting from innovation elsewhere. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides of the aisle in the United States are copying and collaborating with Luddites on the continent.
2024-06-22 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements

After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Aastha / Sam Lover : Samsung Galaxy AI Stands Alone as Apple Intelligence Lacks Presence in Europe Maximilian Schr...

2024-03-22
Oh, I should add that while the Biden administration is supporting a bill to ban TikTok via app stores, if the Biden DOJ succeeds in blowing up Apple's walled garden, it becomes *a lot* harder for parents to control what goes on their kids' phones. Welcome to Washington. [image]
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more

In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...

This suit would force iPhones to work more like Androids to increase choice at the app level. Eliminating the key competitive difference at the device level, where choice is limited, to expand choice at the app level, where choice can be overwhelming, is foolish.
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

Oh, I should add that while the Biden administration is supporting a bill to ban TikTok via app stores, if the Biden DOJ succeeds in blowing up Apple's walled garden, it becomes *a lot* harder for parents to control what goes on their kids' phones. Welcome to Washington. [image]
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

This suit would force iPhones to work more like Androids to increase choice at the app level. Eliminating the key competitive difference at the device level, where choice is limited, to expand choice at the app level, where choice can be overwhelming, is foolish.
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more

In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...

2024-02-27
Almost every proposal to tackle the power of online platforms conflicts directly with another proposal to tackle the power of online platforms. The Florida and Texas laws argued today at SCOTUS stifle competition.
2024-02-27 View on X
Bloomberg

During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights

Update Tim Wu / New York Times : Big Tech's Latest Power Grab: the Constitution Washington Post : A roundup of the oral arguments made in the Supreme Court for two cases involving ...

2024-01-29
Congrats to @SenWarren. Because the EU blocked this deal like she wanted FTC to do, 350 of her constituents will lose their jobs (iRobot is based in Massachusetts). American regulators are regularly attending conferences & coordinating with EU officials who are killing US jobs. [image]
2024-01-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon ends its $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with EU regulators and will pay a $94M fee; iRobot has $500M in net losses since 2021

- IRobot CEO steps down and company cuts workforce by 31%  — Tech giant to pay $94 million to iRobot over deal termination

2023-12-19
The EU is engaged in naked protectionism for its precious few tech firms and milking America's valuable tech sector for revenue based on arbitrary rules. Glad to see Congress calling out this shenanigans from our “allies.” https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-12-19 View on X
Reuters

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers warn Biden that EU technology regulations are unfairly targeting US companies and not including many Chinese or EU companies

and insist that the E.U. administer their digital policies fairly. We cannot jeopardize the our national economy, diminish our global leadership, or jeopardize the security of cons...