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"In response, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 which subsequently prevented the actions that Standard Oil had used to conslidate the market."

This tech company employee (aka the "Facebook Whistleblower") is refusing to share the documents she stole with the FTC.

Although she did share them with several state attorneys general.

It appears she does not support antitrust inquiries. Heavy consolidation of "social media" is to her an acceptable status quo.

Needless to say, some would argue competition provides incentives for large players to improve their services.



I think she didn't really blew the whistle on anything yet. Since tech and Washington are close, I would expect access to said document anyway and they aren't available to the public. So blind trust is required, not a good recommendation if we talk about misinformation.




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