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https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/28/california-bid-to-curb-big-tech-self-preferencing-fails-after-apple-backed-lobbying-blitz/
California bid to curb Big Tech self-preferencing fails after Apple-backed lobbying blitz - 9to5Mac
Apr 28, 2026 - A California bill aimed at stopping trillion-dollar tech companies from favoring their own products has failed after an intense opposition campaign.
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https://www.nber.org/papers/w32299
Amazon Self-preferencing in the Shadow of the Digital Markets Act | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings...
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White House
Jan 21, 2025 - By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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https://pluralistic.net/tag/self-preferencing/
self-preferencing – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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