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  • Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr
    Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 PM

    I like Clark's idea, but I think he's missing a trick: US regional antitrust enforcement doesn't need to lean on the US government for resources and collaboration. There are national governments all over the world whose antitrust laws were created by the Marshall Plan, and those are the same laws that state AGs have at their disposal. And of course, tech companies' crimes aren't just the same in France and Japan - they're also the same in New York State and California.

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  • Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr
    Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 PM

    The US government isn't the only game in town. American state enforcers have a global buffet of enforcement partners, and those international enforcers need American collaborators who can collect the fines they levy and enforce the breakup orders they issue. It's a win-win (for the people, for international enforcers, and the states) and a big loss (for Trump's tech companies and his corrupt antitrust dingo babysitters).

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  • Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr
    Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 PM

    One place this could start: joint hearings that call ex-Big Tech employees as key witnesses, daring companies like Meta to invoke their gag orders. It's one thing to tell Sarah Wynn-Williams she can't talk to a crowd at a book festival, but Meta has taken the position that she cannot speak before a legislature or regulator, either.

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  • Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr
    Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 PM

    Wynn-Williams isn't alone. The Big Tech companies are laying off employees by the thousands, thanks to their failed 11-figure AI bets. Those ex-employees know where every body is buried. They know where to find the memos that establish their ex-bosses' *intent* to create and maintain monopolies and the hardest part of any antitrust case is establishing intent.

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  • Cory Doctorowpluralistic@mamot.fr
    Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 PM

    Together, US states and foreign enforcers have the opportunity of the century - a chance to shatter the power of Trump's tech giants, who are so key to Trump's authoritarian takeover.

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