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by lokar 37 days ago
Sure, but then proper monopoly laws would ban most of what meta does.
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Sue through those, then.

Making insane laws prohibiting people to talk about facts they've seen elsewhere won't help.

In what sense is Meta a monopoly? It seems like they have a huge amount of competition in the form of Google (YouTube), Microsoft (LinkedIn), Reddit, X, Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok, Signal, etc.
A lot of often valuable content is only accessible through Facebook. If you want to see the opening hours of some businesses or photos from some event, you often need a Facebook account.
A lot of valuable content is only available through LinkedIn. So what?

You can create a Facebook account for free so that part isn't a problem. There's no consumer harm.

Where does Meta have a monopoly? TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. all compete with it