@b_fung @blakereid This is probably right — but what market does Twitter actually dominate? Maybe this conduct (including labeling Mastodon links as potentially malicious) could be subject to a stand-along section 5 action by the FTC? It seems like the Commission is looking for a case to use that authority, but they need a theory.

@jtlg @jnsheff As an old, retired, a/t lawyer myself I’ve been wondering about a different question: Is it an a/t violation for Twitter to label all links to Mastodon as being malicious/dangerous. In all the cases I’ve seen so far it seems pretty clear the label’s false. And it seems designed to create the impression that Mastodon is a dangerous place. Given that Mastodon competes with Twitter, and that Twitter has market power (maybe?), …?

@mattblaze why would anyone care how many followers you have? Is there some problem created by people with lots of followers?

@rbreich well, that reads really weird here on mastodon

@scottjshapiro the flip side of that is the rest of us are stuck with him too.

@Kensparks hopefully not!