New York Times
Why can’t the social networks stop fake accounts? (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 06:34Editorial: The Trustbusters Come for Facebook. Finally. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 06:32‘It’s Hard to Prove’: Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 06:31How Washington and Silicon Valley Agree to Disagree on Taming Big Tech (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 06:31Charlie Warzel | ‘How Many Fact Checkers Do They Have?’ Inside the battle between Biden and Facebook. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 16:35‘It’s Hard to Prove’: Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 06:13‘On Social Media, There Are Thousands’: In Cuba, Internet Fuels Rare Protests (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 06:13FTC and states sue Facebook as an illegal monopoly, setting stage for potential breakup
The Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general filed wide-ranging antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, setting the stage for a potential breakup of the social-networking giant over charges it engaged in illegal, anti-competitive tactics to buy, bully or kill its rivals. The twin lawsuits filed in federal district court chiefly challenge Facebook’s past acquisition of two companies: Instagram, a photo-sharing tool, and WhatsApp, a messaging service.