Attempting to regulate an industry when they control the communication pathways

[rando77]

I'm looking for pieces that explore the problem of attempting to regulate an industry (say AI) when the incumbents (say Google and Microsoft) control email and search.

[mmarian]

Luckily you don't have to look far! Check what happened in 2010s when European news publishers were trying to control how Google processed their articles: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/07/google-versus-be...

It's fascinating to see the comments in that piece; makes you wonder how people will look at our commentary around AI a decade from now.