48 state Anti-Trust lawsuit against Facebook.

[Duke Nukem]

Facebook hit with blockbuster antitrust lawsuits by FTC, 46 states

The lawsuit alleges Facebook pursued two of its biggest acquisitions — a $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 2012 and a $19 billion tie-up with WhatsApp in 2014 — in order to cement its position as…

nypost.com

The states’ lawsuit led by New York AG Letitia James alleges Facebook pursued two of its biggest acquisitions — a $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 2012 and a $19 billion tie-up with WhatsApp in 2014 — in order to cement its position as the world’s biggest social media platform.
The lawsuit cites a 2008 email from Mark Zuckerberg where the then-24-year-old CEO said “it is better to buy than compete,” and notes that the company also looked into acquiring rivals Twitter and Snapchat.
“By using its vast troves of data or money, Facebook has squashed or hindered what the company perceived as potential threats,” James said in a Wednesday statement that made the allegations public.

Time for Zuck to get cucked.

 

[Cherico]

this is the start.

Big tech started a blood feud, sooner or later they will suffer the conquences.

 

[Typhonis]

I wonder if Youtube will be next?

 

[UberSink]

Amazon next

 

[LordsFire]

Amazon next

Amazon (and E-bay for that matter) are fundamentally different from most of Big Tech, because they provide an actual physical service. While there has been some BS with books removed from Amazon and the like, they're ultimately the modern equivalent of a mail-order service.

Facebook, Google/Youtube, Twitter, these are companies centered on and who make their money through the flow of information and communication. That is their only business.

When Amazon deplatforms Milo Yllanopoulis's book, they're still selling people groceries, food, clothes, etc. They are ultimately a seller or a distributor, and the platform/publisher thing isn't fundamental to their business model, though they could certainly hurt by such things.

When Google/Youtube start a policy of overt censorship, that affects everything that their business does.

Maybe Amazon should get broken up as well. Even if they do, it'd be a drastically different process with a drastically different outcome for them to do so.

 

[almostinsane]

Zuck's face when he realizes he pissed off people who were willing to leave him alone in favor of people who would always be forced to go after him...