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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by nradov on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:22PM (#28742342)
What litigation or legislation would hollow out Facebook? I would like to see stronger legislation around consumer data privacy, but that would only marginally reduce Facebook advertising revenue.
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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @11:33PM (#28742758)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-overpaid-ftc-fine...

Any action that gets Zuckerberg into a deposition or courtroom, i.e., under oath, is potential trouble for Facebook.

Testimony before Congress is not the same.

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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by otterley on Monday October 04, 2021 @02:07AM (#28743568)
Lest we forget the Microsoft antitrust trial of the late 1990s, it’s not a foregone conclusion that deposing a powerful CEO leads to their downfall. “I don’t remember” is a frequent answer that deponents give that is both frustrating and incontrovertible.
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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by snowwrestler on Monday October 04, 2021 @12:20PM (#28748888)
Gates was deposed in summer 1998 and did a famously horrible job. He stepped down as CEO in January 2000. Microsoft struggled for relevance beyond Windows/Office for the next decade or so.

I think there are a lot of parallels.

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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by otterley on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:08PM (#28749523)
> Microsoft struggled for relevance beyond Windows/Office for the next decade or so

On the contrary - XBox was a huge success!

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