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Facebook challenges FTCs antitrust case with large techs tattered playbook

Facebook has challenged the FTC’s antitrust case against it using an extraordinary playbook that questions the corporate’s arguably expansive way to defining monopolies. But the out of date arguments of “we’re not a monopoly as a result of we by no means raised costs” and “how can or no longer it is…
Facebook has challenged the FTC’s antitrust case against it using a standard playbook that questions the agency’s arguably expansive approach to defining monopolies. But the old arguments of “we’re not a monopoly because we never raised prices” and “how can it be…

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Author: Devin Coldewey

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