Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court

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vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 20:21 UTC] No.43685891[source]▶

I hope Mark issues a public statement that he is dropping his emergency arbitration against her and will allow her book to Publish. I get why he did it, but it didn't work and now it is hurting more than helping. There is no such thing as Bad PR --but an open wound is a different story. (I am on his side in that I don't neurotically hold people accountable for being dbags back in their 20s and early 30s when they aren't that person anymore...google for "brain development at 30" to see why.)

PS: Was at a startup that was wiped out by Instagram 4.3. This was after Mr. SnapEgo reportedly turned down a cool $1B and McAfee's lost son snapped up the technically troubled Vine (that Mr. FootInHisMouth should probably retool and rebrand as "X Prime").

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1. goldchainposse ◴[14 Apr 25 20:57 UTC] No.43686247[source]▶

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> allow her book to publish

You mean "Careless People?" It looks like it's on Amazon.

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2. vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 22:30 UTC] No.43686986[source]▶

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https://www.thebookseller.com/news/meta-wins-bid-to-prevent-...

It's very sad. She reported to Congress that she faces a $50K per disparagement penalty. Let's say there are 25 disparagements in the book and it sells 100K copies into the Billion+ FB user community. As she pointed out to Congress, a disparagement is a truth. $5B for telling truths from seven or eight years ago.

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3. goldchainposse ◴[15 Apr 25 20:44 UTC] No.43698153[source]▶

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She shouldn't have signed the nondisparagement agreement when she had juicy material for a book.

These are usually a severance thing and not a term of employment. Some employers are extra clever and make the contract secret and the arbitration secret, so the public has no idea anything even happened.

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