Thread by @matthewstoller

"While the FTC is quick to bring down the hammer on small businesses, companies like Google know that the FTC is simply not serious about holding them accountable."

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https://twitter.com/chopraftc/status/1384511133999112192

"First, we must make clear that FTC orders are not suggestions. Google isn't the only repeat offender. In 2012, after the FTC finalized an order with Facebook on privacy abuses, the company violated the agreement almost immediately – and continued
violating it again and again."

Senate Commerce Committee hearing now with FTC commissioners. commerce.senate.gov/2021/4/strengt…

Hahahaha @SenatorWicker asks GOP FTC Commissioners on the FTC's screw-up with the Google case in 2012 and the 2019 Facebook consent decree. @CSWilsonFTC has no response, says she can't assess a recommendation "many years later."

Ted Cruz goes after big tech in this hearing with the FTC enforcers. Not a surprise. What is interesting is Democrats @SenatorCantwell and @SenBlumenthal immediately praise Cruz and say something is going to happen on big tech.

Remarkable. Blumenthal asks about whether the FTC is going to investigate the Facebook consent decree violation even as Facebook's PR doc leaks about them normalizing data breaches.

https://twitter.com/ashk4n/status/1384526273087643651

Chopra: "It's become a right of passage for Silicon Valley companies to get an FTC consent decree"

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And now @MarshaBlackburn is going at big tech and asking Dem FTC Commissioner Chopra what the FTC can do. It's so fascinating how the party lines just don't seem to matter when talking about big tech.

And now Rohit Chopra tells Senator @GaryPeters that the FTC needs to get tougher on defense mergers.