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This is not a news report. It is a press briefing by anonymous sources: "The Department of Justice is expected Tuesday to charge Google with violating federal
by wombatmobile 6y ago
This is not a news report. It is a press briefing by anonymous sources:
"The Department of Justice is expected Tuesday to charge Google with violating federal antitrust law, according to two people familiar with the matter"
What is the basis of the charge? TFA doesn't say.
- epistasis 6y agoThe rest of this very first of the article is: > finding after a year-long investigation that the tech giant wrongfully wielded its digital dominance to the detriment of corporate rivals and consumers. The rest of the article has details too. I agree that it's good to ask questions about anonymously sourced material though, and to hold it in a state of suspicion, and to suspect that it's not the full story. Since this is a leak of something the DOJ will announce, the point of leaking it could be to spin it in a way that is less favorable to the DOJ.
- wombatmobile 6y ago> the tech giant wrongfully wielded its digital dominance If google is going to be charged with violating a statute, the article should identify which statutue/s and quote from the charge sheet so that we understand what the court matter is about. Just describing alleged behaviour as "wrongfully wielded its digital dominance" is not informative news - it is an attempt to influence opinion.