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Noah Jul 10, 2023

A Wealth Of Inexpensive Concerts Happen In LA. So Why Are They So Hard to Find? https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wealth-of-inexpensive-concerts-la-los-angeles-so-hard-to-find #MusicScene #LiveMusic #LAMusic #SocialMedia #LiveEvents #TrackingConcerts #SocialMediaFeeds #AntitrustRegulation #BigTech #oversight #LocalMedia #IndieMedia #NicheMedia #AMERICAAct #DigitalAdMonopolies #IndieMusic #IndieVenues

A Wealth Of Inexpensive Concerts Happen In LA. So Why Are They So Hard to Find?

Forget the high-priced festivals. You can regularly see bands in L.A. for under $30, often for $10 or less.

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Cory Doctorow Jun 14, 2023

This is the principle at work in the US bipartisan #AMERICAAct, which would force Google and Meta to spin off the parts of their ad-tech business that put them in a conflict of interest. Right now, #Googbook represents both publishers *and* advertisers, while operating the marketplace where ad sales take place, and they take 51% out of every ad dollar:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech

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To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech

This is part two of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here. Part four, about opening up app stores, is here. Part five, about enshrining "end-to-end" delivery on social media, is here. Download this whole series as a...

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Cory Doctorow Jun 7, 2023

Each week since, I've published a specific policy recommendation. The first one was breaking up the #AdTech industry, on the lines suggested by #SenatorMikeLee's #AMERICAAct:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech

Next was passing comprehensive privacy law, which would kill off #SurveillanceAds and force a switch to "contextual ads" (ads based on what you're looking at, not who you are):

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-ban-surveillance-advertising

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To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech

This is part two of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here. Part four, about opening up app stores, is here. Part five, about enshrining "end-to-end" delivery on social media, is here. Download this whole series as a...

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Cory Doctorow May 31, 2023

The #AMERICAAct from #SenatorMikeLee would force ad giants to divest themselves of business units that create conflicts of interest. It's popular, bipartisan legislation - and I *do* mean bipartisan; its backers include #ElizabethWarren and #TedCruz! I wrote about the AMERICA Act and the role it will play in saving news from tech for @eff's Deeplinks Blog last week:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech

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To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech

This is part two of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here. Part four, about opening up app stores, is here. Part five, about enshrining "end-to-end" delivery on social media, is here. Download this whole series as a...

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EFF May 26, 2023

The MAJORITY of every ad-dollar is grabbed by ad-tech players, especially Goog-book, the duopolists who represent buyers AND sellers in marketplaces they own (and rig). The #AMERICAAct will break up ad-tech so news gets its fair share of ad spending.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech

🐦🔗: http://twitter.com/EFF/status/1662224844564340736

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Cory Doctorow May 25, 2023

But enforcing those rules would be hard - merely *detecting* cheating would be hard. A simpler - and more effective - approach is to simply *remove* the conflict of interest.

Writing on @eff's Deeplinks blog this week, I explain how the #AMERICAAct - introduced by Senator #MikeLee, with bipartisan cosponsors from #ElizabethWarren to #TedCruz (!) - can do just that:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech

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To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech

This is part two of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here. Part four, about opening up app stores, is here. Part five, about enshrining "end-to-end" delivery on social media, is here. Download this whole series as a...

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Cory Doctorow May 18, 2023

I. Break up ad-tech: Following the lead of Senator #MikeLee's #AMERICAAct, we must end the ad-tech sector's self-dealing. Ad-tech scoops up 51% of every ad-dollar. That's thanks to the ad-tech companies practice of offering marketplaces in which they represent both advertisers *and* publishers: that's like a game where the referee pays the salaries of the head coaches for *both* teams.

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