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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by reaperducer on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:05PM (#35818688)
But shouldn’t we regulate the whole industry then instead of going after a single company?

You go after one company to establish legal precedent. Then you go after the whole industry.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by mftrhu on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:18PM (#35820719)
It also helps that the company they started with is the largest in the industry, and that any regulations targeted at them will affect a couple billions people.
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