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Trump’s Executive Order on Social Media Is the Worst Kind of Bullshit
On Thursday, Donald Trump escalated his inane, frothing, and mostly one-sided feud with Twitter and other social media companies he has accused of silencing right-wing voices online to a dangerous, legally questionable new level.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Digging Into Big Tech’s Past For Possible Anticompetitive Mergers And Acquisitions
Adding to the already-considerable interest in antitrust enforcement against major U.S. tech companies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a Special Order on Wednesday demanding information from Apple, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook about their mergers and acquisitions over a ten year period.
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Report: U.S. Justice Department To Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation
The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly planning on joining the growing cluster of agencies investigating Facebook for antitrust violations.
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Facebook’s Antitrust Problems Just Got Worse
New York Attorney General Letitia James launched a multi-state antitrust investigation into Facebook on Friday, applying a new layer of pesky regulatory scrutiny to the scandal-ridden social network.