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Facebook is only 15 years old, yet in that time it has become the world's dominant social media platform, boasting more than 2.4 billion users. It has also become the world's second-largest digital advertising platform, effectively the runner-up in a worldwide duopoly dominated by Google. Now, it is under a baker's dozen of investigations alleging that it rose to the top by using unfair, anticompetitive tactics—and at least one competitor kept records.
Snap, parent company of Snapchat, kept a dossier "for years" detailing Facebook's attempts to thwart it, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
The Department of Justice publicly confirmed that its antitrust division was actively investigating widespread "concerns that consumers, businesses, and entrepreneurs have expressed" about "market-leading online platforms." The agency didn't name names, but that list of "market-leading" platforms is generally considered to include Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
The wheels of justice may move slowly, but here's hoping the "with a computer" companies find that they do work.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 25 2019, @01:06AM
At first it was cool getting in touch with old friends and family. Catching up. Then they basically blasted me every day on their feeds reminding me why I stopped hanging with them.
It has some modicum of use for following makers and hackers doing reverse engenering. But for its intended use? Not so much. I could get the same with an RSS feed and follow their blogs.
'microbloging' is here to stay. These sites allow people to do just that but without having to setup any infrastructure. That has value to them.
The agency didn't name names, but that list of "market-leading" platforms is generally considered to include Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
If these same people were willing to fuck over their employees for a few thousand bucks each what are they willing to do to small fry and you? The fix is in and your not invited and you are not even to know about the party. These people live in highschool still.