Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook

Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by lwhi on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @02:30PM (#27679837)

In my opinion, the EU doesn't rely on litigation to define the economic landscape in the same way that the USA does.

Catching out these corporations in order to lay a 'charge' shouldn't be necessary, when it's quite clear to most people that their behaviour is stifling competition.

We simply need to implement the necessary legislation to enable a playing field which is able to serve a greater range of players.

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:04PM (#27680281)

> We simply need to implement the necessary legislation to enable a playing field which is able to serve a greater range of players

“We simply need to implement the necessary legislation” could be said about literally any problem. The EU has this figured out about as much as the U.S. does.

> the EU doesn't rely on litigation to define the economic landscape in the same way that the USA does

The courts have been snubbing the European Commission’s expansive views of antitrust. In part due to a lack of any consistent definition of a market.

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by lwhi on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:20PM (#27680501)

Well, I really hope these problems are solved iny lifetime.

I find it maddening to see the corporations run rings around elected governments!

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:03PM (#27680269)

> We simply need to implement the necessary legislation to enable a playing field which is able to serve a greater range of players

“We simply need to implement the necessary legislation” could be said about literally any problem. The EU has this figured out about as much as the U.S. does.

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