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Individuals states are considering their own antitrust motions against big tech companies
Moves could be made against big tech at the state level, not just on the federal level.
Facebook shares tank after leaked emails revealed Zuckerberg was aware of Facebook’s privacy crimes
The FTC specifically wants to know if Facebook violated a consent decree that it has agreed to follow way back in 2012.
Austrian Supreme Court rules: Facebook must face privacy lawsuit
Facebook tried to block the lawsuit.
Congress kickstarts its investigation into major tech companies over antitrust law violations
The first hearing will be related to the news media.
Facebook severely limits its “Open Graph” feature in the face of privacy concerns
Many investigators and journalists used to make good use of the feature.
Google outspends all of its rivals in lobbying efforts
Google is the biggest tech giant in terms of lobbying spending.
Facebook lawsuit suggests the company is taking part in common law fraud for not allowing ads for CBD products
A CBD company has complied with all aspects of Facebook’s terms of service and their ads are still being rejected.
In the face of antitrust investigations, big tech has almost doubled its spend on lobbying
At this point, antitrust motions seem imminent and big tech giants are doing what they can to hold it off.
A Polish historian is suing Facebook over censorship, citing how censorship means people can’t learn what’s happening in the world
Poland has been taking a tougher stance against Facebook’s censorship than other countries.
Facebook investors vote to oust Zuckerberg…but he just overrules their motion
It seems shareholders and investors can’t seem to get rid of their problematic leader.
The EU wants Facebook to censor content worldwide, not just within the EU
The EU is up to its usual tricks.
House Judiciary Committee launches antitrust investigation into big tech
Reports are indicating that the DOJ and FTC will also soon be launching antitrust probes into Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.