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Social

21 June 2022

For years Twitter has managed to evade most of the fines and fury directed at social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok.

News

21 September 2021

To Compete or not to Compete

As early as 2008, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook famously declared that “it is better to buy than to compete.” With Zuckerberg already on record as a big fan of anti-competitive behaviour four years earlier than the Instagram purchase, why did the FTC give its blessing to the transaction?

Social

6 September 2021

If Anti-trust Laws, Content Controls & Regulations can’t fix Facebook – What can?

The Biden administration in the US is signaling its intention to update anti-trust regulations by appointing hot shot anti-trust lawyers to run the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Economic Council and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. But will it be enough?

Social

13 April 2021

Are You Facebook’s Latest Victim?

Already a source for conspiracy theories and fake news, Facebook is perceived as having one of the worst brand reputations in America.

Technology

13 February 2020

Is the FTC saying it’s “Game Over” for Big Tech?

The FTC recently sent this tweet from their Twitter account: Government agencies don’t haphazardly announce who they’re investigating. By the time they make their investigations public, quite a bit of…