Does Twitter blocking Mastodon links constitute anticompetitive behavior against a nascent rival? I asked a couple of legal experts, including Bill Baer, the former antitrust chief at DOJ and FTC in two US administrations. Here's what they say: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/mastodon-twitter-links/index.html
@b_fung Even if US authorities don’t take action, Twitter could be made to answer to regulators in other major markets, especially the EU, who are much less lenient than the US in how they treat big companies. These are things that take time, months to years, but the bill comes due eventually.