I do not agree with Professor Francis' analysis here. And I also, in terms of--there was a suggestion that adding consumer welfare--those words--into the statute of AICOA would be a good thing. I disagree with that.
Lewis argues against including 'consumer welfare' in AICOA, citing broader harms in digital markets.
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Our policies can help make up for inequities in our society, and--or they can create inequities.
If we have monopoly pricing or few choices for consumers... then that can lead to prices continuing to go up well ahead of inflation.
I believe that AICOA specifically targets anticompetitive harms, and I don't believe that content moderation on a platform--a single platform is necessarily an anticompetitive harm.
I believe that AICOA specifically targets anticompetitive harms, and I don't believe that content moderation on a platform--a single platform is necessarily an anticompetitive harm.
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