Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Why exactly can I still not uninstall #Microsoft effing #Edge on a fully patched #Windows11 in the EU?

#DigitalMarketsAct #competition #antitrust #DigitalRights #SoftwareFreedom #DMA

Meta's FTC antitrust trial just became the most important tech regulation case since Microsoft in the '90s. The verdict will define how aggressively regulators break up platform power in the AI era.

At stake: data portability, competitive behavior, and whether startups can ever compete with incumbents who control the rails. Meta's arguing their acquisitions (Instagram, WhatsApp) made products better.

Source: The Verge - https://buff.ly/Q7Lzz2Z
#Antitrust #TechRegulation #Meta

Bloated corporations are leeching off the American people. 😤🚩🏴‍☠️ #antitrust #monopolies #usa #altleft #inflation

November 20, 2025 at 07:10AM

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JAMES ELLARS on Instagram: "Bloated corporations are leeching off the American people. 😤🚩🏴‍☠️ #antitrust #monopolies #usa #altleft #inflation"

The topic of antitrust laws and monopolies has been a contentious issue in the United States. As corporations grow and accumulate wealth, many argue that they are sucking the life out of the system, leaving many individuals and small businesses in poverty. This video discusses the record profits made by corporations and how they impact record levels of poverty in the US. The connection between the two is complex, but one thing is clear: something needs to change. By exploring the relationship between corporations and antitrust laws, we can work towards a more balanced system that promotes fair competition and benefits all citizens.

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"What are we to do? Does this mean it's all over?
Not hardly. Reversing 40+yrs of pro-monopoly policy was always going to be a slog, with setbacks on the way. That's why #antitrust has historically sought to prevent #monopolies. Once monopolies have conquered your economy, getting rid of them is far harder, or, as the joke from eastern Canada goes, "If you wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here."
But you have to play the ball where it lies." @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/if-you-wanted-to-get-there/
Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Meta Wins US Antitrust Case and Won’t Have to Sell Instagram

It's a huge victory for the company.

PetaPixel

Live Nation Moves to Crush DOJ Antitrust Case With Motion to Dismiss

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-doj-antitrust-case-trial-motion-dismiss/

#Meta won its #antitrust case against the #FTC, which accused the company of monopolising social networking. The judge ruled that the FTC failed to prove Meta currently holds #monopoly power, citing the company’s competition from #TikTok and #YouTube. The ruling comes after a trial that began in April and included testimony from Meta executives. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/meta-wins-ftc-antitrust-trial-that-focused-on-whatsapp-instagram.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta | Platformer
https://www.platformer.news/ftc-loses-meta-case-analysis/

#antitrust #socialMedia #fb

The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta

How one experiment defined the social networking market better than the government did. PLUS: Gemini 3 arrives

Platformer