Oh wow, this is huge! This is a bipartisan challenge to Facebook, if it involves the federal government AND 48 states. No republican democrat differentiation here. This is the United States declaring war on Facebook!
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1336762564982738952
It'll take a while for everyone to realize what a huge deal this is. Like earth shattering historic huge. In these ultra polarized times when the 2 parties can't even agree on an election outcome, they are united in wanting to dismantle Facebook!
https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1336755231946846208?s=19
Anti-trust actions in the past against IBM, Microsoft etc haven't really gone anywhere. Mostly because by the time the lawsuits played out, the companies had stopped being monopolies, so prosecutors lost interest.
But this Facebook suit is WAY more all encompassing!
But this Facebook suit is WAY more all encompassing!
Although I've read a lot of anti-trust stuff for research reasons, I'm not a lawyer. So I might be wrong.
But to me, this reads like the Pearl Harbor meets Hiroshima of all anti-trust cases. This is the full legal force of the most powerful nation on the earth being unleashed.
But to me, this reads like the Pearl Harbor meets Hiroshima of all anti-trust cases. This is the full legal force of the most powerful nation on the earth being unleashed.
Republican office bearers are not really the principled kinds. They're blatant political beings.
So if almost all of them AND Trump's FTC have jumped on board. And let NY's black female Dem AG be the public face of this lawsuit. That tells me the GOP had no other choice.
So if almost all of them AND Trump's FTC have jumped on board. And let NY's black female Dem AG be the public face of this lawsuit. That tells me the GOP had no other choice.
Like the case facts are so overwhelmingly against Facebook in their reading, they think it's a foregone conclusion. So rather than give Democrats the solo credit for the win, let's jump on board and let them do the work.
As Trump is learning, the US judicial system don't play!
As Trump is learning, the US judicial system don't play!
When Republican state politicians unite with Democrats to go after a huge corporation, you know that's rats deserting a sinking ship.
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