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by chipgap98 1688 days ago
I don't think this is a real possibility. Any large scale acquisition that Facebook tries to do would be blocked the the US government.
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...really? The Instagram purchase wasn't blocked. The WhatsApp purchase wasn't blocked. The Oculus purchase wasn't blocked. But this one will be?
Considering that those acquisitions proceeded before the intense scrutiny Facebook has received in the past year or two, it is quite likely that it would be blocked.
This is a fantasy. The US government has not meaningfully regulated big tech and there's no reason to believe they will start now (unless you consider the public bloviation of politicians "reason to believe" - I do not).
General regulation for the tech industry and blocking M&A activity from large companies are completely different things. I think it is very fair to assume that the US will block large acquisitions by Facebook, Google, and Amazon going forward.