NextGen Competition

Working to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem that empowers consumers, workers, and small businesses.

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

The DMA was supposed to move fast. Big Tech is betting regulators won’t.

The principles are right: stop gatekeepers from rigging markets, protect competitors, and give small businesses a fair shot. Now the EU needs to enforce them like it means it. 💪🏼

https://t.co/U8sa4H203U

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

As the EU’s landmark Big Tech law enters its third year, a growing chorus of voices are raising concerns that the tool is too slow and unwieldy.

https://t.co/87cd2j5RhH

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

European dependence on US tech is a messy web to untangle, but France is leading the way with Mistral AI. 🇫🇷

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

French artificial-intelligence company Mistral AI says it is working fast to develop superintelligence—because Europe can’t afford to rely on U.S. tech giants https://t.co/BmxV7iYbz4

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Erin Brockovitch is back, and she’s coming for data centers. 👀

Check out her recently-launched map to track where they’re popping up ⬇️

https://t.co/h4X7ILMret

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

The crowdsourced map, launched by environmental activist Erin Brockovich, shows construction across Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other states. https://t.co/pBYQN9tTVE

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Retweeting the Pope wasn’t on our bingo card, but there’s a first time for everything, and he’s absolutely right on all fronts. 💯

[TIME @TIME]

Pope Leo's call to "disarm" AI clashes with Trump's tech-first agenda https://t.co/PsfLN06Rdz

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Call him out, @revolvingdoorDC 🗣️

https://t.co/hjE1EnI96j

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

Since the start of his second term, Trump has been aggressively pushing federal agencies to embrace AI.

His financial disclosure may reveal why: Trump himself has invested millions into AI companies over the past year. https://t.co/gT8gOcGFCc

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Big Tech’s ties to President Trump’s ballroom deserve real scrutiny.

@SenWarren raised the alarm. Now @demandprogress is calling on Congress to investigate.

Add your voice ✍️

[Demand Progress @demandprogress]

Why are giant corporations like Google, Amazon, Palantir, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin (who all have business with the government) handing Trump ballroom money? The public deserves a full investigation.

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

As Europe continues to attempt a Big Tech break-up, countries like France, which developed its own video conferencing platform, are leading the charge. 🇪🇺

https://t.co/Up6dlLSQlJ

[WIRED @WIRED]

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit. https://t.co/MrHJ9JGDbQ

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

The Musk-OpenAI trial wasn’t technically an antitrust case.

But it had antitrust written all over it: Big Tech, cloud dependence, and the fight over who controls AI’s future. ⚖️

https://t.co/99NgQcqawf

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

Opinion: The Elon Musk-OpenAI trial won’t determine the future of AI, but it offered an early and uncensored view of the forces that will. https://t.co/o3IIzvSqhX

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

While the President props up Big Tech, his stock portfolios had a “surge of activity.”

Coincidence? 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://t.co/vE6r1iAXfy

[WSJ Markets @WSJmarkets]

Before he entered the White House, President Trump was a real-estate speculator. Lately, his fortune has been wagered on some Big Tech stocks. See the trades in charts. https://t.co/ByQfwIWbRM

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Big Tech is jamming AI into every corner of our lives with little accountability and even fewer guardrails.

Congress needs to step up. 🏛️

https://t.co/qekRCuADtn

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

“When no innovator can survive without an established monopoly’s blessing,” we don’t have a competitive tech market. We have gatekeepers deciding who gets to exist. 💯

Great writeup from @guardian on Mordecai Kurz’s latest book ⬇️

https://t.co/827KYsy9TE

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Big Tech’s data center boom keeps doing the impossible: uniting Democrats and Republicans in opposition. 🏭

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A Gallup poll found that seven out of 10 Americans said they would oppose a data center being built near them.

Opposition is so intense, the poll found, that more Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center. https://t.co/I7zBGErqlP

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Big Tech tried its usual playbook in Brazil: lobbying and scare tactics, but Brazilian regulators are unphased.

Google’s AI summaries are now under investigation for potential unfair competition against the press.

More of this, please. 💯

https://t.co/A7qiF4QrpQ

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Microsoft made a “moonshot” energy renewal goal it hoped to fulfill by 2030. Then came data centers.

Now, Microsoft says the “moon has gotten further away.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Read more: https://t.co/uZsUh9A2Cs

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

ICYMI: A state senate candidate taking on Big Tech’s data center rush? 👀

In NextGen’s latest Q&A, @SumitEcon discusses data centers, monopoly power, and affordability with West Virginia’s Elizabeth Ferris.

Read it here:
https://t.co/PgviOiLia3

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Say it louder for the people in the back, @revolvingdoor DC. 📣

https://t.co/VrQaFfZGvr

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) once comprised distinguished doctors, scientists, and academics.

Under Trump, it's stacked with tech executives, venture capitalists, and AI and crypto investors.
https://t.co/vbeR2F3njV

[NextGen Competition @NxtGenComp]

Looks like the usual suspects cashing on their Big Tech flattery to us 🙄

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace are joining President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week. https://t.co/iTZDM6Lm3z