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| ▲ | calgoo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Just because something is not illegal does not make it a good thing. Judges have political ties and if the people in power dont want any monopoly laws, then there wont be any monopoly laws. |
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| ▲ | dyslexit an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think you might have a different definition of "merit" than OP. "Merit" to me means how much value the company brings to society. If I'm reading correctly about your point of it being legal, to you it seems like "merit" means how much value they bring to their investors. Social media companies becoming more consolidated and influential might be legal and good for their stakeholders but it doesn't mean it's a net positive for the rest of the world. And unfortunately, as much as so many people like to believe otherwise, being a net negative to society absolutely does not lead to a company becoming irrelevant. |
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| ▲ | xvector 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Where can I read more about this? Quick search turns up nothing for me |
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| ▲ | bitpush 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | https://www.theverge.com/news/823191/meta-ftc-antitrust-tria... It is actually a monumental case ruling, and for some reason it wasnt reported or discussed here. Lina Khan's FTC has lost both their marquee cases now (Google, Meta) > Meta won a landmark antitrust battle with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled it has not monopolized the social media market at the center of the case. | | |
| ▲ | xvector 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Wasn't the case here really weak to begin with? I remember reading the FTC's initial filings and they just sounded absurd. The very premise that Meta didn't face meaningful competition from TikTok was a farce. I'm not very happy with Lina Khan after she killed our only remaining low cost airline carrier. And killed iRobot to let Roborock, a a Chinese company, take over. She "stood up" to big tech, failed, and her remaining legacy is destroying American businesses that people actually relied on. Literally no value was added, but a bunch was subtracted. I never understood the hype for her. | | |
| ▲ | BeetleB a few seconds ago | parent [-] | | > The very premise that Meta didn't face meaningful competition from TikTok was a farce. The original claim was centered around the timeline of purchasing Instagram and Whatsapp. TikTok came much, much later. |
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| ▲ | WorldMaker 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/meta-wins-monopo... |
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