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Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data' by sonnyblarney on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:12PM (#18623884)
From [1] "Price discrimination is made illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act. 15 U.S.C. §2, the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §13, and by the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§13-13b, 21a, when engaged in for the purpose of lessening competition, such as tying the lower prices to the purchase of other goods or services."

I'd gather that the same might apply to sale/no sale and not just prices, i.e. you can't not sell something to someone purely for competitive reasons, there has to be 'some reason'.

[1] https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/price-discrimination/

Full disclosure: I'm definitely not a lawyer.

Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data' by Spooky23 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:55PM (#18625240)
That stuff was reinterpretated in the 70/80s. If it doesn’t raise cost to the public, it’s not a problem.