The growth of tech companies has generated attention from antitrust agencies and legislatures throughout the world, with lawmakers calling for sweeping antitrust reforms. Critics contend that tech company dominance has resulted in harms to consumers and society, and that large companies have used mergers to swallow potential competitors. Defenders argue that competition is only a click away, and that existing law adequately protects consumers.
On December 1, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings and the Center on Science & Technology Policy at Duke University will cohost a webinar to discuss the future of antitrust enforcement in the tech sector. How serious are the problems? How should the Biden administration think about competition policy in the tech sector? What is the right roadmap for reform?
Viewers can submit questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or via Twitter at @BrookingsGov by using #Antitrust.
Date: Tuesday, Dec 01, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Panel
- MODERATOR: Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director – Governance StudiesSenior Fellow – Center for Technology Innovation
- Avery Gardiner, General Counsel and Senior Fellow for Competition, Data, and Power – Center for Democracy & Technology
- Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow – Governance StudiesDirector – Center for Technology Innovation
- Leah Nylen, Technology Reporter – POLITICO Pro
- Matt Perault, Director, Center on Science & Technology Policy; Associate Professor – Duke University