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Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court

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431 points c420 | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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skizm ◴[14 Apr 25 19:52 UTC] No.43685539[source]▶
What's the point of getting FTC approval of an acquisition in the first place if they can just go back a decade later and undo it?
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kmeisthax ◴[14 Apr 25 20:38 UTC] No.43686048[source]▶
Conversely: if Facebook lies their ass off to the FTC to get their mergers approved, why should we accept those lies as immutable truth?
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skizm ◴[14 Apr 25 20:54 UTC] No.43686213[source]▶
Is that what the FTC is claiming happened?
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1. WhyNotHugo ◴[15 Apr 25 09:50 UTC] No.43690819[source]▶
I hope so. When WhatsApp was acquired, they claimed that it would not be possible to cross-reference users between Facebook and WhatsApp. On both platforms users were required to provide a phone number. Cross-referencing users was trivial, and it's still amazing that this lie was accepted as truth at the time.