Vertical Mergers: Competition, Connectivity, and Starlink

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Technology Pill

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Find out how technology is reshaping our lives every day and explore the new powers of governments and companies.

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Find out how technology is reshaping our lives every day and explore the new powers of governments and companies.

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Vertical Mergers: Competition, Connectivity, and Starlink

Technology Pill

1 hour 41 minutes 18 seconds

9 months ago

Vertical Mergers: Competition, Connectivity, and Starlink

This week we're talking to Peter Bloom from Rhizomatica and Lũa Cruz from IDEC about internet connectivity, what drives social media companies to expand into internet provision, and what an earth is going on with Starlink in the amazon rainforest.

Links:

- Read PI's research: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5409/decoding-vertical-tech-integrations-why-do-they-matter

- Learn more about Rhizomatica: https://www.rhizomatica.org/

- Learn more about Lũa and his work on Starlink: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/fellowships/lua-cruz/

- We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, case studies, or ideas about vertical mergers using this survey: https://share.privacyinternational.org/index.php/apps/forms/s/MYipyBZjQMrnq9NmaNm5KJ6S

- More about X and Starlinks' legal trouble in Brazil: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/04/elon-musk-x-starlink-brazil

- Our podcast about competition with Dr Deni Mantzari (No Competition: Big Tech Big Problems): https://privacyinternational.org/video/5148/no-competition-big-tech-big-problems