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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by rhizome on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:46PM (#25410079)
They didn't "approve" it, they closed their investigation, which they specifically called out as not saying there's no violation(s): https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/closing-le...
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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by slut on Thursday December 17, 2020 @07:13PM (#25462249)
That's right, they approved Whatsapp, everyone laughed at the instagram acquisition because they paid 1b and the company had 13 employees and 10m DAU. The company would be nowhere without FB.
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