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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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.
We need to make sure that not only are we giving folks the broadband that they need but that they are prepared to use it in a way that is helpful to them and their communities' economic development.
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.
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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