Thanks to a history of anticompetitive mergers - Whatsapp, Instagram, Onavo and more - based on fraudulent promises to antitrust regulators, Facebook has grown to nearly three billion users - except FB doesn't have users, really - it has hostages.
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"Don't Believe Proven Liars": The Absolute Minimum Standard of Prudence in Merger Scrutiny
"There's an old saying in Tennessee β I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee β that says, fool me once, shame on β shame on you. Fool me β you can't get fooled again." -President George W BushAnti-monopoly enforcement has seen a significant shift since the 1970s. Where the Department of...