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Google faces Antitrust suit filed by new social media company Gab.ai.
The legal action is the latest salvo in an escalating battle between right-leaning technologists and leaders against Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Google.
Gab alleges in the lawsuit that "Google deprives competitors, on a discriminatory basis, of access to the App Store, which an essential facility or resource."
"Google is the biggest threat to the free flow of information," Gab chief executive Andrew Torba said in a statement. "Gab started to fight against the big tech companies in the marketplace, and their monopolistic conduct has forced us to bring the fight to the courtroom."
Gab has published its court filing.
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Antitrust Suit Filed Against Google by Gab.Ai
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What happened last night can happen again.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @02:18AM (1 child)
So basically the problem is that the provider/operator of the service is also the moderator of the users of that service.
It's understandable for people to expect there to be separation between these two activities.
After all, if such separation is good in government, between those who make the laws and those who enforce them, then it's understandable for people to expect such separation in the private sector as well.
It's reasonable to expect such standards to apply at a site like Slashdot, or even at this site.
There has been some speculation in the past that Slashdot's admin/editors also moderate comments there, and might not be constrained by the limits imposed on normal moderators.
And I wouldn't be at all surprised if it happens here, too.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday September 16 2017, @03:59AM
Yeah, it'd be possible except none of us agree on anything except the site. And coffee. You've got everything from unarmed, socialist Europeans to me on staff. It's a fun old time when Deucalion/Juggs and I both happen to be drinking at the same time and decide to talk politics on IRC.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.