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The 65-Year-Old Law That Still Shapes How You Watch Sports

Earlier this month, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr asked a pointed question: what happens to local broadcasting if live sports keep migrating to streaming platforms? In a public notice, the FCC seeks comment on sports-broadcasting practices and market developments. The agency focuses on the growing shift of live sports from national broadcast networks The 65-Year-Old Law That Still Shapes How You Watch Sports

When a Blue Checkmark Becomes a €120 Million Problem

The European Commission’s first major enforcement action under the Digital Services Act (DSA) offers an early glimpse of how the European Union intends to regulate large digital platforms—and how far that approach may diverge from the U.S. model. The DSA is an EU regulation governing how online intermediary services operate, including social-media platforms, online marketplaces, When a Blue Checkmark Becomes a €120 Million Problem

COMESA, WhatsApp Business, and Antitrust in Search of a Theory

Meta’s decision to limit third-party AI access to WhatsApp Business has quickly drawn antitrust scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCC) is the latest authority to open an investigation. But before the case can answer whether Meta’s conduct harms competition, a more basic question COMESA, WhatsApp Business, and Antitrust in Search of a Theory

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