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The DOJ has announced they’re opening an antitrust probe into social media companies.
twitter.com/TrumpStudents ^ | 07/23/2019 | Staff

Posted on 07/23/2019 2:35:15 PM PDT by Red Badger

“Without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition, digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsive to consumer demands."



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doj; facebook; google; internet; siliconvalley; socialmedia; technotyranny; techtyranny
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1 posted on 07/23/2019 2:35:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Facebook and Google are in real trouble.
Everyone in Silicon Valley is trained how to avoid Anti-Trust.
I had to go to training every year on it.

This is why Apple stayed out of the politics.


2 posted on 07/23/2019 2:42:17 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Red Badger

Oh damn. Let’s see.

They investigated Hillary...

They investigated Solendra....

The investigated murder of Seth Rich....


3 posted on 07/23/2019 2:42:41 PM PDT by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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To: Red Badger

... to be concluded half-past never


4 posted on 07/23/2019 2:42:53 PM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Red Badger
CENSORSHIP is UNAmerican.

SHUT THEM ALL DOWN!

5 posted on 07/23/2019 2:43:16 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Red Badger

Perfect. Maybe they will be on their best behavior during the investigation. Hopefully it will go on for a year or two at least.


6 posted on 07/23/2019 2:46:14 PM PDT by McGavin999 (injustice Roberts repeatedly making a mockery of the rule of law)
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To: Zathras

Apple shouldn’t worry.

I can buy other phones, computers, tablets, etc.

I can’t use a different Facebook and I can’t get rid of Google, it keeps coming back..............


7 posted on 07/23/2019 2:46:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger

It is time to introduce them to Mr. Clayton and Mr. Sherman. Both Grover Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt became very popular when they took on Standard Oil & JDR.


8 posted on 07/23/2019 2:48:20 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Google one of the largest monopolies in the world

"...Bing, its closest search competitor, has just 2 percent of the market — hardly a significant threat to Google’s 90 percent.1 Google also controls about 60 percent of the global advertising revenue on the internet.

"One of the primary reasons smaller advertisers cannot compete is because they don’t have the user data Google has. ..."

9 posted on 07/23/2019 2:48:34 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Zathras; Flick Lives; CivilWarBrewing; McGavin999

MORE INFO:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-to-open-broad-new-antitrust-review-of-big-tech-companies-11563914235


10 posted on 07/23/2019 2:48:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: DannyTN

It’s not illegal to have a monopoly, but it is illegal to use your market dominance to maintain your monopoly...................


11 posted on 07/23/2019 2:49:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

HEAR!
HEAR!

12 posted on 07/23/2019 2:50:37 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Zathras

Microsoft stayed out of politics and it cost them as they were charged as a monopoly. Staying out isn’t the answer. Paying big bucks to both sides is.


13 posted on 07/23/2019 2:53:18 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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To: Vigilanteman

There will be more sentiment for Facebook and Twitter than there was for Standard Oil because both platforms are essentially free for public use.


14 posted on 07/23/2019 2:55:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Red Badger

It sounds like a bunch of gobely gook to me. 3 years from now then someone might get a small fine. Then business as usual. They need to be charged with rigging elections.


15 posted on 07/23/2019 2:57:37 PM PDT by Revel
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Torba at Gab must be grinning ear-to-ear today.


16 posted on 07/23/2019 2:58:16 PM PDT by bobcat62
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To: Red Badger

Finally!


17 posted on 07/23/2019 3:00:52 PM PDT by STJPII
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To: stockpirate

Who’s THEY?!?!

I didn’t know Barr was in charge then.


18 posted on 07/23/2019 3:04:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Zathras

At the very least, they are going to be a lot more careful about putting their fingers on the scale of partisan politics in the 2020 election like they have in the last few elections


19 posted on 07/23/2019 3:15:30 PM PDT by rdcbn ( Referential)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

The FBI tried to change the results of an election, steal the votes of 63 million Americans.
They are not to be trusted.


20 posted on 07/23/2019 3:17:33 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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