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Director @CJL4News @openmarketsinstitute. Fellow @Brookings @UCLAtech @CIGIonline @CenDemTech @ISC Board @TechPolicyPress. Former @PressFreedom @UNESCO @nytimes

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Books and Monographs Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change. …

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Same gatekeepers, new tollbooths in the AI content licensing market

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By Courtney Radsch
| Brookings Institution
When Google began indexing news websites at the turn of the century, publishers exchanged free listings of their content in exchange for referral traffic, at a rate of 2-to-1. That was before Google monopolized digital advertising.
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UK Regulator Staunches Google’s AI Content Grab

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By Courtney Radsch
| Tech Policy Press
Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is a journalist, scholar and human rights advocate who currently directs the Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Institute and is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution. She serves on the board of Tech Policy Press. On Wednesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a binding conduct requirement forcing Google to give publishers real control over whether their content powers AI-generated search summaries.
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The Guardian - Trump’s trade commission is using fear to silence dissent

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By Courtney Radsch
| Open Markets Institute Verified
CJL Director Courtney Radsch argues that the Trump administration and Elon Musk are using regulatory power, lawsuits, and financial pressure to punish watchdogs, advertisers, and media companies that challenge powerful interests—creating a chilling effect where dissent becomes too costly, institutions self-censor, and democratic media accountability is weakened without the need for overt censorship. Is there something “radically left” about being anti-Nazi?
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