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He can direct the justice department to investigate all sorts of possible infractions, costing them considerable money in legal fees, disrupting business activi
by naasking 4y ago
He can direct the justice department to investigate all sorts of possible infractions, costing them considerable money in legal fees, disrupting business activities, and causing negative PR. Trying to do any of this as the election loser it just comes across as sour grapes, and the justice department wouldn't follow any directions of this sort. And this is just scratching the surface.
- themitigating 4y agoTexas has been doing this to big tech https://gizmodo.com/texas-big-tech-google-meta-social-media-1848956901 https://gizmodo.com/texas-big-tech-google-meta-social-media-...
- krapp 4y agoThat still doesn't make him unable to meaningfully retaliate, just unable to abuse Justice Department resources while doing so.
- naasking 4y agoIf your quibble is on what I specifically meant by "meaningfully retaliate", I think everyone understands that the threat of the full weight of the US government is "meaningful", where lawsuits from individuals are fairly routine for these companies and so I wouldn't count those as particularly meaningful by comparison.