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Casey Newton
Verified
Founder and Writer, Platformer
San Francisco
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Coding, Linux, Cybersecurity, Containers
Celebrity news
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By Casey Newton| Platformer Verified It took a couple of decades for antitrust law to catch up with the world’s biggest companies. But over the past year, lawyers for the US government have successfully made their case that the biggest platforms have created illegal monopolies — and the solutions they are now proposing could begin to reshape the web. Last week, we discussed the government’s effort to break up Meta, which is now in its second week at trial. Today, let’s talk about a similar effort to break up Google.
By Kevin Roose Verified, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones Verified, Rachel Cohn Verified, Matt Collette, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto| The New York Times Verified This week Meta is on trial, in a landmark case over whether it illegally snuffed out competition when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. We discuss some of the most surprising revelations from old email messages made public as evidence in the case, and explain why we think the F.T.C.'s argument has gotten weaker in the years since the lawsuit was filed.
By Casey Newton| Platformer Verified It took a couple of decades for antitrust law to catch up with the world’s biggest companies. But over the past year, lawyers for the US government have successfully made their case that the biggest platforms have created illegal monopolies — and the solutions they are now proposing could begin to reshape the web. Last week, we discussed the government’s effort to break up Meta, which is now in its second week at trial. Today, let’s talk about a similar effort to break up Google.
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Platformer