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Lauren WeinsteinFascinating. According to observers Musk's blocking of #Mastodon may be considered an anticompetitive action against a rapidly growing "rival", triggering U.S. federal government involvement.
marie_cast 
@lauren Wise cat.
Paula@lauren what a stunner! Such a beautiful face. Looks so soft! 🐈
Ponygirl@lauren This cat looks smart, like it's figuring shit out at all times.
@Ponygirl She is named after Tom Baker's "Doctor Who" companion "Leela" - She's intelligent, beautiful, and sometimes deadly.
SAKDOS
Norman@lauren It's one part of this that would actually be worth grilling him in the Senate over.
@pygmalion55 Would be interesting.
kidsharethat's no more than wishful thinking
JJ Peterson@lauren it may not be. We really don’t want government making lor abridging laws to limit free speech here.
@JJPeterson Free speech and anticompetitive behavior are not the same issue.
@lauren I will let legal minds decide that because I see no bright line differentiating the two here.
coffeekomrade@JJPeterson @lauren that’s because you have the processing power of a turnip
Catmama 🐈@JJPeterson@toot.
You might want to take a look at the 1st amendment. One part of it protects us from *government* penalizing us for such things as criticizing the government (aka free speech). Anti-competitiveness is something totally different.
addressee@JJPeterson @lauren
Public Free speech is protected.
Private Anti-competitive behaviour is prosecuted.
Read the law and discover the difference.
Public Free speech is protected.
Private Anti-competitive behaviour is prosecuted.
Read the law and discover the difference.
@addressee @lauren
ummm, I’m pretty sure all I said was I will let people who know these things decide, mostly because I don’t care enough to read that. But thanks. You must be from Twitter.
ummm, I’m pretty sure all I said was I will let people who know these things decide, mostly because I don’t care enough to read that. But thanks. You must be from Twitter.
@JJPeterson @lauren you stated you opinion. I stated mine. You must be very insecure about your position if you have to sling insults with your response.
@addressee @JJPeterson If you two want to continue arguing, please remove me from this thread and further replies. Thanks.
@lauren
You are not that special that you can’t deal with a little splash back. Grow up.
You are not that special that you can’t deal with a little splash back. Grow up.
AtheisticSnail@lauren LMFAO!!!
@lauren It is so enjoyable watching him burn 44 billion. (if only we all weren't collateral damage)
midwesterner 🦬@lauren maybe Mastodon can return the favor and block Twitter? Nothing good happening there now.
@midwesterner @lauren and there's a credible argument now that it is malware.
@lostinthemidwest @lauren yes, bad idea to have the Twitter app on your phone now. Probably collecting tons of personal data.
Shanya (Over at BlueSky)@lauren I'm not sure how that would work out legally. how can a business be in competition with the specification
TechOfGospel@lauren this stupid bigot omg…
Tanis Miller@lauren I really really hope this will happen.
BarneyRCN🇨🇦⚓️🎓@lauren I told my fellow teeters to go over to the elephant site and find me at @barney6063 Of course it wasn't linked, but I think they got the picture.
I had put my #mastodon handle in my twitter profile earlier, before the man-child blocked all mastodon handles as ‘unsafe’. (complete child!) It's still there! tried to edit some of the text…wanted me to delete mastodon stuff…just cancelled the edit and left it as is.
I had put my #mastodon handle in my twitter profile earlier, before the man-child blocked all mastodon handles as ‘unsafe’. (complete child!) It's still there! tried to edit some of the text…wanted me to delete mastodon stuff…just cancelled the edit and left it as is.
Anne Ursu@lauren @scribemarjie shoot the Sherman act into my veins
fritzcokid@lauren please let it be so. I miss ppl experiencing consequences to their own actions. 🤞
the stabbin’ cabin@lauren If it weren’t for Elon blocking advertising attempts, I wouldn’t be here. I found out through Reddit since my Twitter had been deactivated. Was never into Twitter at all tbh, but mastodon is a sick ass band so maybe this will be too.
Mark Tomczak@lauren Interesting. I'm not sure how legal definitions work here when the alternative is an ecosystem of federated servers, not a single opponent.
geerue
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦@lauren Haha, nice!! 👏 👏
Tyler Lucas 
Kenny Louis (雷嘉霖)@lauren sickos_yes.jpg
Joel Kowbel@lauren The SEC should depose Musk in front of congress in regards to abuse of market power & anti-competitive practices. Or all the hate that isn’t removed cause the mods were fired…
RadicalWoman111@lauren
Awesome.
Awesome.
Robert DeWolfe 🌹@lauren Now isn't that interesting
O@lauren I wonder what Elizabeth Warren has to say about this!
Ed Clinton@lauren Doubtful.
Nate Bowling (نيت بولينج)@lauren of course it is, but when is the last time someone with Musk's level of power was held accountable by the legal system in the US? The best hope for accountability on this is the EU and European regulators.
sigi714
sigi714 (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] Nothing to see here, it's just peak capitalism
TheJenHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OOPS
Ashley Porciuncula@lauren This was my first thought when I heard. It's blatant, he's daring them.
Ian@lauren I obviously don't know the law, but it might come down to a question of which competitor has been wronged. Technically, perhaps Mastodon isn't a monolithic corporation in competition with twitter. Is that relevant from a legal point of view?
@vectamouse It would certainly be a rather novel situation. But that's how law advances.
John G Fitzgerald@lauren Lone Skum's self inflicted troubles are mounting. He's fighting with employees, journalists, building owners, the EU & now US anti-trust law.
He has no chance of winning any of these disputes. Tesla shareholders may be next in line to take him on.
He has no chance of winning any of these disputes. Tesla shareholders may be next in line to take him on.
Looking for explanations…
Timothy Wolodzko@lauren the same is likely in EU.
Donna Dechen Birdwell@lauren When I tried to post my forwarding address today, the tweet got blocked as “potentially harmful.”