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Are you saying that Google down-ranked them in search engine rankings for user behaviour in AdWords? Isn't that an abuse of monopoly? It still surprises me a li

Are you saying that Google down-ranked them in search engine rankings for user behaviour in AdWords? Isn't that an abuse of monopoly? It still surprises me a little bit.

malfist 2y ago
Who's going to call them on it if it is?
EdwardDiego 2y ago
Yeah, but then who is going to stop them acting monopolistic? New administration is going to be monopoly friendly. I was honestly pleased that Gaetz was nominated for AG solely because he's big on antitrust. Or has been.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  if you believe their words (and I can't blame anyone who doesn't) apparently they want to lighten regulations on everything except big tech. So there may be a chance all those Google/Amazon cases will keep going on into the Trump administration.
  - llamaimperative 2y ago
    To be clear this isn't because they have a problem with monopoly businesses abusing consumers. It's because big tech exercised their First Amendment rights in ways he found undesirable. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57754435 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57754435 Note that he's still talking about breaking up tech companies but not... X? (Surely that will resume once he and Elon have a falling out)
- mapt 2y ago
  Any sentiment expressed by the party which has dedicated itself to unrestricted corporate rights in this direction is an insincere attempt to pander to a current culture war front they are fighting that week; In this case, likely something along the lines of 'Twitter censored Trump's hydroxychloroquine post - we MUST PUNISH THEM AND REIGN IN BIG TECH [for not contributing to the fascist project]'. EDIT: Direct quote - "The internet's hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us. Maybe if you're just a little less patriotic. Maybe if you just conform to their way of thinking a little more, then you'll be allowed to participate in the digital world," This isn't an attempt to ensure freedom from monopoly, this is an attempt to enforce partisan control of the message, weaponizing the idea of free speech using force. I can assert that the 'common public square' idea central to freedom of speech is disappearing, and that this is a bad thing, but that's not what this man has been arguing or why this man has chosen this issue.

Are you saying that Google down-ranked them in search engine rankings for user behaviour in AdWords? Isn't that an abuse of monopoly? It still surprises me a little bit.

malfist 2y ago

Who's going to call them on it if it is?

EdwardDiego 2y ago

Yeah, but then who is going to stop them acting monopolistic? New administration is going to be monopoly friendly. I was honestly pleased that Gaetz was nominated for AG solely because he's big on antitrust. Or has been.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
if you believe their words (and I can't blame anyone who doesn't) apparently they want to lighten regulations on everything except big tech. So there may be a chance all those Google/Amazon cases will keep going on into the Trump administration.
- llamaimperative 2y ago
  To be clear this isn't because they have a problem with monopoly businesses abusing consumers. It's because big tech exercised their First Amendment rights in ways he found undesirable. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57754435 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57754435 Note that he's still talking about breaking up tech companies but not... X? (Surely that will resume once he and Elon have a falling out)
mapt 2y ago
Any sentiment expressed by the party which has dedicated itself to unrestricted corporate rights in this direction is an insincere attempt to pander to a current culture war front they are fighting that week; In this case, likely something along the lines of 'Twitter censored Trump's hydroxychloroquine post - we MUST PUNISH THEM AND REIGN IN BIG TECH [for not contributing to the fascist project]'. EDIT: Direct quote - "The internet's hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us. Maybe if you're just a little less patriotic. Maybe if you just conform to their way of thinking a little more, then you'll be allowed to participate in the digital world," This isn't an attempt to ensure freedom from monopoly, this is an attempt to enforce partisan control of the message, weaponizing the idea of free speech using force. I can assert that the 'common public square' idea central to freedom of speech is disappearing, and that this is a bad thing, but that's not what this man has been arguing or why this man has chosen this issue.