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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by FridayoLeary on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:20PM (#27669011)
Ouch. The judge didn't really hold back there, the guys in FTC must be stinging. I'm not a fan of FB but it doesn't sound like FTC deserved to win that case.
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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by suyash on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:30PM (#27669694)
yup, they brought a weak case against the giant, should have prepared better.
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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by repsilat on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:20PM (#27671348)
Not to be combative: It seems like you're implying that this failed because Facebook is powerful, but I interpeted this the other way around -- "Facebook is a popular blue website, and maybe did some stuff, but who cares? There are lots of websites."

I agree that if they brought the case they should have had an argument, but it's less clear that they should have brought the case, or that size was an issue.

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by Gortal278 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @01:56AM (#27672312)
Op said Weak case... Right at the beginning of their comment.
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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by Jcowell on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:33AM (#27674012)
Yes but the question is that is there even a “stronger case” or is any case made weak due to the possibility of there being no case.
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