DOJ Backs Antitrust Case Over Media-Big Tech Alliance

 DOJ Backs Antitrust Case Over Media–Big Tech Alliance

The DOJ treats coordinated viewpoint suppression as a market distortion that undermines democratic access to diverse information.

As we previously reported would be coming, the US Department of Justice has stepped into a major antitrust case that challenges a powerful alliance between corporate media outlets and Big Tech companies, which plaintiffs claim coordinated to suppress competing voices in the digital public square.

In a filing submitted July 11 to the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the DOJ issued a Statement of Interest asserting that antitrust law must apply when dominant actors work together to restrict the diversity of perspectives available to the public.

We obtained a copy of the filing for you here.

Central to the issue is the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a collaborative project involving Reuters, BBC, The Associated Press, and The Washington Post, which plaintiffs allege worked with platforms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft to stifle independent media organizations.

The DOJ rejected arguments that such viewpoint suppression is beyond the reach of antitrust enforcement.

“The United States therefore files this statement to urge the Court to reject Defendants’ suggestion that the antitrust laws play no part in protecting viewpoint competition in news markets,” the department wrote.

“Controlling precedent shows that the Sherman Act protects all forms of competition, including competition in information quality.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ ReclaimTheNet

Follow us on Minds / X / Substack

Boost This Channel

Follow ➡️ @PsyopDaily