{"id":25893,"date":"2022-04-08T18:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?p=25893"},"modified":"2022-04-27T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:40:51","slug":"introducing-the-movin-on-up-a-little-higher-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/introducing-the-movin-on-up-a-little-higher-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the \u2018Movin\u2019 On Up A Little Higher\u2019 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We at Public Knowledge have written and presented extensively on the uniquely perilous market dynamics<\/a> of digital platform markets. Economic terms like \u201csteep barriers to entry,\u201d \u201cnetwork effects,\u201d and \u201ceconomies of scope and scale\u201d don\u2019t fully convey how these economic problems harm real people every day. That\u2019s why we are launching this \u201cMovin\u2019 On Up A Little Higher\u201d blog post series whose title was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement songstress Mahalia Jackson<\/a>\u2019s spirit-stirring ballad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next few weeks, we will release this series of blogs highlighting a few real-world scenarios based on news stories, the House Judiciary investigation<\/a>, and research<\/a> that inform our policy work. The objective of this series is to demonstrate <\/em><\/strong>how the largest technology companies can exploit the inherent market dynamics of digital platforms to the detriment of smaller Black-owned and Black-serving businesses and consumers. Each blog concludes by explaining how key provisions from the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S.2992<\/a> \/ H.R.3816<\/a>) and the Open App Markets Act (S.2710<\/a> \/ H.R.5017<\/a>) could address the exploitative harms incurred by African-American communities, by other diverse communities, and by the American public writ large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download detailed charts of both legislative proposals below to follow along. The first scenario is coming soon! (Update: You can view Part 1 at publicknowledge.org\/Part1<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n