Antitrust to Protect Speech

The piece contends that enforcing antitrust against Google and Meta isn’t just about prices or ads; it’s a way to reduce platforms’ leverage over speech and information access. It proposes judging the administration by outcomes in four cases—Google search, Google adtech, Meta, and Live Nation—as a practical test of this approach. — Treating competition policy as a free‑speech safeguard reframes tech regulation and suggests new coalitions around antitrust beyond traditional consumer‑price harms.