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Any attorneys want to weigh in on whether - or when - this becomes an anti-competitive/anti-trust concern, either in the US (FTC) or the EU? Related reading:
by troydavis 4y ago
Any attorneys want to weigh in on whether - or when - this becomes an anti-competitive/anti-trust concern, either in the US (FTC) or the EU?
Related reading:
* Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 102, on abusive conduct by companies that have a dominant position in a market: https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures/article-102-investigations_en https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures...
* FTC's guidelines for firms with market power: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices, https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/refusal-deal https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...
- tehlike 4y agoTwitter is not large enough to be an anticompetitive concern. Not a lawyer, but practically have looked into a few tech related cases.
- balex 4y agoMaybe, but Elon Musk has a big enough political footprint to compensate.
- dimal 4y agoDepends how you measure “big”, right? In the social media market, not so big. In the microblogging market, they are what… 95% of the market? I honestly don’t know what a judge would say, but that’s a one way of looking at it.