New Biden executive order encourages the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, along with many other things to increase competition in tech https://t.co/IqGQxf9PXU

— nilay patel (@reckless) July 9, 2021

Biden antitrust executive order will ask the FTC to look at "killer acquisitions" in Big Tech. (As in, preventing another Facebook-Instagram deal.) @ylanmui reported this morning:https://t.co/OByl1ckDP6

— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) July 9, 2021

Biden will sign a sweeping executive order to promote competition across industries, seeking increased scrutiny of tech companies, drug prices, shipping and more - and prompting new regulations on everything from airline luggage fees to non-compete clauses https://t.co/eSyWBDE03L

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) July 9, 2021

The White House has announced a sweeping executive order to promote competition throughout the U.S. economy. It's the most ambitious effort in generations to reduce the stranglehold of monopolies and concentrated markets in major industries. https://t.co/YzgZVAs5Ep

— POLITICO (@politico) July 9, 2021

It's funny that "implement hearing aid legislation Congress passed 3 years ago & surprise billing legislation passed last year" is a win, but in the context of how legislation often goes into the administrative ether never to be heard from again, it is https://t.co/8rJnfbHcJi pic.twitter.com/2j7LcWNqBI

— David Dayen (@ddayen) July 9, 2021

In theory, this is a very good thing, but the devil's in the details.

I'm particularly interested in the provisions addressing ocean carriers' and railroads' abusive practices, but also why rebuilding America's maritime capacity doesn't seem to be included. https://t.co/9W9awwOf6G

— HUNTSMAN ?? (@man_integrated) July 9, 2021

Jfc the Biden EO has a bit about revising FRAND standards patent licensing, the Vergecast strikes again pic.twitter.com/oaJpmgKweK

— nilay patel (@reckless) July 9, 2021

"In the Order, the President: Encourages the FTC to issue rules against anticompetitive restrictions on using independent repair shops or doing DIY repairs of your own devices and equipment." https://t.co/4p8NjXh2N8

— Nathan Proctor (@nProctor) July 9, 2021

A sweeping new presidential directive includes, among other things, an initiative to secure consumers’ right to repair their own devices. My latest for @WIRED https://t.co/5nzsSMJ0rm

— Lauren Goode (@LaurenGoode) July 9, 2021

A reminder that EVERY part of the political spectrum has turned against Silicon Valley. The difference is over why. https://t.co/0zl4q304xd

— Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan) July 9, 2021

Tackling regional monopolies like broadband companies? Fucking sweet. https://t.co/dhBORfDEj0 pic.twitter.com/vZRKsPPGJ5

— Matt Austin (@BitsHammer) July 9, 2021

Anyone who has spent an entire airplane flight trying to get the expensive WiFi to work will appreciate this provision in a new executive order. ??

And there are many other good pro-consumer provisions. https://t.co/Th6mRyyfRz pic.twitter.com/xpjWpEte9Z

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) July 9, 2021

There's good stuff in this Biden executive order related to broadband, and you can see Tim Wu's fingerprints all over it. Glad we could take a break from myopically focusing on "big tech" to remember that "big telecom" still exists. https://t.co/DN2Al5kLy5

— Karl Bode (@KarlBode) July 9, 2021

Railroad monopolies - part owned by Warren Buffett - are upset.

Biden "would roll back the market-driven principle that keeps the industry viable, reduce network fluidity, and ultimately undermine the ability to serve customers at a time when freight demands have increased.” https://t.co/iEKEfnhlms

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) July 9, 2021

A key line for Big Tech in the Biden executive order on competition, especially regarding the potential to unwind the Instagram & WhatsApp deals Facebook made. https://t.co/NMJXQZHenW pic.twitter.com/fEbqXFWAy0

— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) July 9, 2021

I wonder if Biden will nominate an FCC commissioner by the midterms https://t.co/iGkJvPBsBG

— The real Jon Brodkin (@jbrodkin) July 9, 2021

I assume @amyklobuchar is happy and was obvi impactful here https://t.co/rAX2i2frF6

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) July 9, 2021

Looking forward to seeing how this is enforced “Encourages the FTC to establish rules barring unfair methods of competition on internet marketplaces.” #antitrust https://t.co/TIv1tFlePc

— Mia Shah-Dand (@MiaD) July 9, 2021

The White House EO to increase competition in various markets released this morning is comprehensive and kind of amazing. It includes components to limit "killer acquisitions" that would allow a company to control markets or collect pools of data. https://t.co/jBWUIIQOkF

— Ron Miller (@ron_miller) July 9, 2021

ITS NOTHING: Biden to sign executive order aimed at cracking down on Big Tech business practices

The order will call for regulators to enact reforms such as increasing their scrutiny of tech mergers & putting more focus on moves like “killer acquisitions” https://t.co/iD8SKmucrp

— Wayne Dupree Media, LLC (@WayneDupreeShow) July 9, 2021

Biden's executive order this morning covers quite a lot of ground in the tech industry, from net neutrality to right of repair, even hearing aids. Here's a rundown: https://t.co/i0l2eytbfF

— Mark Hachman (@markhachman) July 9, 2021

Lot of good stuff in here. Top line (rightly) is calling on the FTC to ban or limit non-compete agreements for workers, but also restoring net neutrality, requiring more scrutiny for hospital mergers and limiting restrictive ToS on farming equipment. https://t.co/EKHEm81d38

— Baby Cheetah (Marxist) ??? (@WillWBloom) July 9, 2021

https://t.co/sqWLyysyxx

Usually headlines about “cracking down on big tech” are pretty bad and just culture wars, but…

…most of the policies here actually seem pretty good, and actually aimed at anti-competitive practices

— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) July 9, 2021

This sounds nothing like a president "in cognitive decline" - what I hear from right-wingers I talk to and in the media

Maybe that's because a 78-year-old's occasional inability to summon the right word has no connection to a vision for the U.S. and hiring folks to implement it https://t.co/EV6PxQCgx8

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) July 9, 2021

The White House is out this morning with a massive fact sheet on the competition executive order Biden is set to sign today.

Highlights include net neutrality, killer acquisitions, right to repair.https://t.co/e3DpduhfDj

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) July 9, 2021

One amusing part of monopoly debates are when people ignore how courts and enforcers have destroyed the law and say 'the antitrust laws need to be updated they were created in an era of railroads and steel.'

There are monopolies in railroads and steel. https://t.co/wUup8vX0Xp

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) July 9, 2021

Biden orders FTC to write up new limits on user data exploitation. https://t.co/fiHiiJgo6r

— David Carroll (@profcarroll) July 9, 2021

This is a great step towards ensuring our small businesses can thrive.

The next step is to pass my Ending Platform Monopolies Act to further rein in Big Tech’s anti-competitive and monopolistic practices.https://t.co/p7RBh13rW0

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 9, 2021

Lots of political rhetoric about promoting business competition consists of inane complaints about corporate "bigness." So I'm glad to see the White House competition agenda is largely full of sensible, concrete ideas to make markets more competitive. https://t.co/J4GWBzH4Mc

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 9, 2021

Just read Biden's executive order on competition. Very close (and surely coincidental) parallels with what Chinese regulators are getting up to these days. 1/5 https://t.co/b80SLHCAhs

— Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 (@kendraschaefer) July 9, 2021

President Joe Biden will encourage the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate net neutrality rules and make it easier for consumers to comparison shop for internet service as part of a wide-ranging executive order.https://t.co/P2s36Noozz

— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) July 9, 2021

A significant change from how Obama governed, and increasingly, a bipartisan cause. Advocates like @matthewstoller and @linakhanFTC (now at the FTC) deserve a lot of credit for moving both parties on issues of corporate concentration. https://t.co/ScB5nCrI2X

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 9, 2021

Biden competition order sets its sights on Big Tech and Big Telecom https://t.co/NkkopCklxW

— Margaret Harding McGill (@margarethmcgill) July 9, 2021

Biden executive order pushes for scrutiny of tech giants https://t.co/Wc39u3dwbA via @CNET

— Heal the Planet ✌✌?? (@fwtoney) July 9, 2021

Biden will encourage the FCC to reinstate net neutrality rules as part of a wide-ranging executive order expected to be signed today, according to sources familiar with the matter. https://t.co/gCBoskUyNZ

— Axios (@axios) July 9, 2021

HUGE: The order would have “the FCC reinstate net neutrality rules prohibiting the blocking, throttling or paid prioritization of web traffic.”https://t.co/GX2eHbERKy

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 10, 2021

All good news. But it lasts as long as the Biden Admin, and not a moment more. We need LAWS protecting our data. https://t.co/NKxd2lFhX9

— DragonFlyEye (@dragonflyeye) July 9, 2021