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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by coliveira on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:57PM (#23343273)
The problem is not the existence of anti-trust laws and other regulations - these things are good. The problem is the blatant political use of these tools. If a company becomes a problem to the Trump regime, they will use the full array of existing laws to prosecute them, at the same time when they are dismantling legislation that targets their allies.
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by paulgb on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:00PM (#23343311)
Agreed, but also -- if it's an issue of antitrust law, use antitrust law! Not the CDA by way of an executive order.
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by pnw_hazor on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:09PM (#23343421)
At least this President is being upfront about it. Previous administration did things more secretly. See, Operation Chokepoint.
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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by coliveira on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:04PM (#23352534)
Are you saying that open criminality is better than hiding crimes?
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