Labyrinth Insights

Excited to announce the launch of Labyrinth Insights, a strategic research platform focused on policy and public accountability. labyrinthinsights.com

NEW: Media consolidation rises in political salience amid concerns over press freedom and impact on workers in creative fields. labyrinthinsights.com/media-consolid…

NEW: Our inaugural memo assesses agentic AI adoption by dominant platforms and how these systems could undermine competition and user privacy without strong guardrails. labyrinthinsights.com/agentic-ai-pla…

There continues to be strong momentum for the right-to-repair movement in the halls of Congress and state houses across the country.

NEW: Andrew Ferguson-led FTC's right-to-repair settlement with John Deere stands to have limited impact due to structural limitations. labyrinthinsights.com/ftc-deere-mono…

NEW: Gina Raimondo's 'RAISE US' AI initiative reflects longstanding alignment with the tech industry. The new group gives AI companies responsible for job displacement a major role in shaping the policy response. 🧵labyrinthinsights.com/raimondo-ai-ex…

New mobile billboard campaign takes particular aim at Netflix's decision to further hike prices despite windfall from WBD merger breakup fee. x.com/demandprogress…

NEW: Antitrust advocates are urging regulators to probe Netflix over pricing power concerns, impact on creators labyrinthinsights.com/netflix-billbo…

The ‘RAISE US’ group emphasizes the private sector while largely minimizing the role of labor unions in the AI transition. Corporate executives vastly outnumber union leaders on its advisory board, which includes a single labor representative:

Per recently unsealed court documents, she was among the "high-level govt officials" Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was "engaging with [on] AI strategy" x.com/jason_kint/sta…

NEW: In 2022, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) failed to pass. Newly re-introduced, the antirust bill to rein in Big Tech is more relevant than ever. labyrinthinsights.com/aicoa-reintrod…

NEW: Zillow-Compass litigation over hidden listings serves to highlight both firms' role in limiting competition and obscuring data at consumers' expense. labyrinthinsights.com/zillow-compass…

ICYMI - Live Nation verdict stands to embolden both ticketing regulation and antitrust reform, including state-level antitrust efforts labyrinthinsights.com/live-nation-an…

@davenewworld_2 Would be deeply unfortunate if Hochul vetoes the One Fair Price Act. States need to take the lead on regulating surveillance pricing since Trump's FTC has abandoned the issue. For more: labyrinthinsights.com/maryland-surve…

Lawmakers in New York passed a law that would ban businesses from setting individual prices based on personal data, such as browsing history, income, or real-time location. It currently sits on Kathy Hochul's desk waiting for a signature. Will she sign it or veto it? 👀

As we explained in this Insight published in May, sports gambling on Kalshi directly a.) undermines state consumer protection rules and b.) has a detrimental impact on state tax revenue. labyrinthinsights.com/cftc-predictio…

The CFTC's proposal for prediction markets effectively allows Kalshi and Polymarket to continue undermining state gambling laws. It also fails to prevent rampant insider trading on these platforms, including on political outcomes. wsj.com/finance/regula…