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Meta must face FTC trial that could separate Instagram and WhatsApp

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨lemmee_in@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295637/meta-must-face-ftc-antitrust-trial-instagram-whatsapp

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any anti-corporation action has about 60 more days to complete. The US is about to be more of an unregulated runaway capitalism machine than it has ever been.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They will drag this out until January 20th and then it will disappear

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  • bufalo1973@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll believe it when I see it.

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  • AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seriously, now that the FTC finally has grown a pair of balls they’re about to be chained and ball-gagged.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They never should have let meta buy Instagram in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

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  • Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s no news about Zuckerberg worshipping at the altar of the Cheetosaurus so will his cheesyness pay any attention until that changes?

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It will depend on if Zuck has done anything to kiss him off. If so he will probably give the FTC the go ahead. That’s how he operates. It’s not about what’s good for the country. It’s about quid pro quo.

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      • Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I thought it was mostly about who had told him he’s the best big boy the most recently …

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