FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, that the Federal Trade Commission will allege that Facebook misled users about its privacy practices as part of an expected settlement.
The probe announced Tuesday will include an examination into whether powerful companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon have been stifling innovation and competition.An antitrust expert believes a Justice Department investigation into whether major technology companies are abusing their market power may prompt regulators to interpret the law in new ways.
Traditionally, antitrust regulators have only sought to block acquisitions involving two big companies. But Hovenkamp says U.S. antitrust law is broad enough for regulators to consider the potential damage wrought by relatively small deals too.Major tech companies facing congressional antitrust scrutiny have no comment on the Justice Department’s just announced probe.
Elizabe06019288 progress against the lies.
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When you get to be the scale of these companies, with the influence and resources they have (more than some if not most nations), it becomes almost impossible to not violate anti-trust laws. Just look at the ISPs who took over the FCC, and they're small compared to this.
Fealty and appeasement earned them nothing. They should have gotten rid of the Nazis on gp, snowflake Republicans be damned. Now here they are.
Facebook sold the USA it to Russia.
How about investigating the telecommunications industry? used to have like 30 separate companies now it's down to like 7. I know the 's are wrong bite me
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getongab Won't matter, it's 1984.
Good.
massively overdue
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This is great, but we also need to look into organizations like Disney.
About time
They won't quit until they get there cut.
Such big news and of course Jack and Twitter are suppressing it. This is breaking news and you have to search for antitrust to fine this article
About time Jack YouTube googledevs facebook get what they deserve. I hope this is just the start.
Who censors conservatives the most? Please RT
Google and facebook DOOMED
Finally we can crush the dissent and outlaw the interracial pornographies.
They bow down to the liberal elites. Big tech companies are cultists.
Translation: People are saying mean things about me on social media and in my narcissistic mind it can’t possibly be true. AG Barr... get the bottom of this for me.
ImShillGates Tomorrow’s bell opening should be interesting
Good. I hope that it is expanded to include entities like Microsoft as well. The DNC has viewed them as 'clean donations' and given free reign but their actions clearly have shown that assumption not to be true.
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AkwesiQuan What'd i tell you RepAdamSchiff ? Events will overshadow Mueller. Event.
Goal: They need a court order to permanently shutdown someone's social media accounts or app on the app stores, with a number of appeals to make sure nothing goes wrong. No more shutting things down for perfectly lawful speech & actions just because they don't agree with it.
60 yrs old talking about that about which they know nothing. Dumbasses
Oh wow, and Cruz just did that Senate Committee thingy with google where it was identified that they were gaming the system to push elections to the Democrats.
I'm sure if they just increase their donations to republicans this will all go away.
Next stop: securities fraud.
Pressurising them to become propaganda outlets for the traitor
What or who is realDonaldTrump afraid of?
That is trump using the DOJ as a weapon. Hes going after facebook for removing all those hate spewing nut jobs and Russian trolls from its platform. That really pissed trump off. He lost alot of followers.
PultsJeff Thay have or are becoming just a little too powerful and have too much influence
The trump administration targeting companies, who won’t bow down too them.
Finally the government is stepping in to get NFL Network back on Uverse!
Wild guess: a particular focus on Amazon has been requested by the President.
Fuck yeah!
I wonder what’s their motive, this administration certainly doesn’t do anything for the people of this country, there has to be a profit or power element in it
getongab ALEX JONES TOLD YOU THIS WEEKS AGO, OH THAT'S RIGHT IT WAS FULL OF IT AGAIN....SILLY ME.
GO FOR DISNEY TOO!
so weird. these people helped trump win the election. i think he's trying to bend them to his will with this play and it will probably work.
getongab Excellent. Break 'em up...
Long overdue, but they should investigate Disney too.
This needs to be done but I don’t hold out much hope of Bill Barr addressing the issues at hand. I would bet money that the only reason this is now being done now is because the thin skin paranoid one thinks Jack is fiddling with his Twitter stats.
about time.
gonna get real
SteveScalise SenateGOP HouseGOP Like how Trump & you guys protected our ally, Saudi Arabia, when the killed a US journalist? Shameful! Trump takes care of his own...ie Kushner’s heritage.
Good. But enforce antitrust law among ALL monopolistic industries, not just tech.
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What justice dept? You mean trumps personal attorneys?. realDonaldTrump TheJusticeDept attorneygeneral
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Twitter should just suspend Trump's account. He'd implode within an hour and this would all be over.
Really really really hate that conservatives are the ones to attack big tech and social media (which is admittedly trash). Keep the govt away from our internet. This is why NetNeutrality was garbage and was properly deleted. Bad look, GOP!
Trump administration using the power of big government to go after companies he doesn't like. America slides further towards fascism. TrumpIsAFascist
I agree in spirit. But Trump and his DOJ are doing this for their own reasons.
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getongab Suck it libs