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I just wish we could read on HN tomorrow: "Introducing Antitrust action against Facebook (justice.gov)"
by einpoklum 6y ago
I just wish we could read on HN tomorrow:
"Introducing Antitrust action against Facebook (justice.gov)"
- jedberg 6y agoThat's not likely to happen under this President unless MZ says something nasty about him. Otherwise you'll probably have to wait until the next admin at least.
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- einpoklum 6y agoThis is likely to happen neither under a Biden administration nor under a Trump one.
- ikeyany 6y agoElizabeth Warren's campaign focused on tempering the powers of Facebook and other tech giants. However her campaign failed to gain serious traction, for various reasons.
- einpoklum 6y ago> Elizabeth Warren's campaign focused on tempering the powers of Facebook and other tech giants While she made that point, I would say that was more rhetoric than serious intent. That's not only because of Ms. Warren's strong party-establishment loyalties, but more significantly because of her stated intent and practice of being financed by large pro-corporate donors (albeit not Facebook) and her disinterest in combating the political influence of the tech giants on the donation-recipient side.