DOJ vs. Google, Civics Education, Fake Reviews

Purpose of Education Index (Populace Insights, 2022)

DOJ’s Google Suit [03:25]

Monopolized by David Dayen (2020)
US sues Google over its digital ad ‘dominance’ (Financial Times, 1/24/23)
US Sues Google to Break Up Ad Unit in Heated Antitrust Fight (Bloomberg, 1/24/23)
‘A Hard Sell’: Can Biden’s DOJ really shatter Google’s grip on digital ads? (Politico, 1/26/23)
Can the DOJ Disrupt Google’s Ad Tech Dominance? (Future Tense, 1/30/23)
Why the DOJ Is Suing Google Again (The Journal., 1/25/23)
A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power (The American Prospect, 1/25/23)
Google and Meta’s Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge (Wall Street Journal, 1/4/23)
DOJ Suit to Break Up Google Was Years in the Making for Antitrust Chief (Wall Street Journal, 1/29/23)
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement (Harvard Business Review, 12/15/17)
Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies (Department of Justice, 1/24/23)

Civics Education [25:15]

Preparing the next generation of citizens requires bringing back civics (The Hill, 1/20/23)
We Need to Start Teaching Kids That Civics Is More Than Just Activism (Time, 1/12/23)
The need for civic education in 21st-century schools (Brookings, 6/4/20)
Teaching Civics After Jan. 6 (U.S. News, 1/11/22)
Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools (National Education Association, 3/16/17)
Where Left and Right Agree on Civics Education, and Where They Don’t (Education Next, 3/25/20)
A Look at Civics Education in the United States (American Federation of Teachers)
Fewer than half of Americans can name all three branches of government, survey finds (The Hill, 9/13/22)
Americans’ Civics Knowledge Drops on First Amendment and Branches of Government (Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 9/13/22)
New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework (New York State Education Department, 02/17)
State course credit requirements for high school graduation, by state: 2018 (National Center for Education Statistics)
School Is for Wasting Time and Money (NYT Guest Essay, 9/1/22)
Ep. 76 – What Is School For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting (Lost Debate, 9/8/22)

Fake Reviews Industrial Complex [43:43]

Five Stars, Zero Clue: Fighting the ‘Scourge’ of Fake Online Reviews (The New York Times, 1/25/23)
Inside the War on Fake Consumer Reviews (Time, 7/6/22)
How Policymakers Can Thwart the Rise of Fake Reviews (Center for Data Innovation, 9/12/22)
On Your Side: How to spot fake reviews of online products (CBS, 1/6/23)
FTC to Explore Rulemaking to Combat Fake Reviews and Other Deceptive Endorsements (Federal Trade Commission, 10/22/22)
Keeping Our Reviews Authentic and Trustworthy (Meta, 6/20/22)
Amazon Targets Fake Review Fraudsters on Social Media (Amazon, 7/19/22)
The Impact of Fake Reviews on Demand and Welfare (Jesper Akesson, Robert W. Hahn, Robert D. Metcalfe, and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum, 7/20/22)

Voicemails [56:05]