How about finding out the direction in which sun rises or whether water is wet? https://t.co/lGzRSguHlZ

— conFused (@praveen_fusion) August 1, 2019

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jk, a blind 3-legged dog already knew that. https://t.co/zZ7ecFSaWB

— Jeff Higgins Likes Umbrella Beach Drinks (@ItsJeffHiggins) August 1, 2019

I don't think the FTC needs a very long investigation for this one: Yes, Facebook buys companies it thinks might be threats. https://t.co/Ts6MLSp5rO

— dumb (stupid} (@pkafka) August 1, 2019

Trendlines are clear: pic.twitter.com/uzjMPQ0kIP

— Ross Mayfield (@Ross) August 1, 2019

Except Snap, which it wanted to buy, for that reason, but couldn't.

— dumb (stupid} (@pkafka) August 1, 2019

??? ya think? Oh and “the European Commission has fined Facebook €110 million for providing incorrect or misleading information during the Commission's 2014 investigation under the EU Merger Regulation of Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp”https://t.co/Hfy05wvgK5 https://t.co/vqNTD0q949

— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) August 1, 2019

The FTC is contacting the founders of startups who sold to FB as part of its inquiry. $FB has bought more than 90 companies over the last 15 years, per S&P Global. https://t.co/Tgy8mz0gzb

— Deepa Seetharaman (@dseetharaman) August 1, 2019

Oh wow, is THAT why Facebook bought Instagram and WhatsApp????? https://t.co/dg4Aql2F2K

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 1, 2019

This is actually in question?? https://t.co/Zm3K4FOMHw

— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) August 1, 2019

a̶c̶c̶o̶r̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶m̶i̶l̶i̶a̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶.̶

according to people stating the blindingly obvious. https://t.co/swQAMtq5tn

— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) August 1, 2019

A Facebook engineer told me that they estimated there were more photos uploaded to Instagram per day than Facebook and it scared Zuckerberg shitless. He’s always considered “photos” as the key that holds the social glue that makes Facebook work. https://t.co/9oZepnSlBC

— Can Duruk (@can) August 1, 2019

This is standard Silicon Valley practice—buying up the up-starts to stay competitive. Half the goal of many founders is to get acquired. How these lines are drawn will definitely change the industry. https://t.co/XAZZ4vTsPY

— Lindsay P. Gorman (@LindsayPGorman) August 1, 2019

I think that's a big 10-4, Captain Obvious: "FTC is investigating whether Facebook bought startups like Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize possible competitors" https://t.co/I4wtpLYymT

— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) August 1, 2019

Because Facebook paid $22 billion for an app making $16 million in revenue out of the goodness of its heart? https://t.co/45PQkNuTFL

— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) August 1, 2019

Comforted to know regulators missed, when analyzing FB's gobbling of Instagram and WhatsApp, what nearly every sentient observer read into Facebook's actions at the time. https://t.co/cXRYbwP4Ug

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) August 1, 2019

Breaking: FTC investigators are look­ing for ev­i­dence on whether Face­book and founder Mark Zuckerberg purchased startup technology firms to keep them from chal­leng­ing Facebook’s empire. https://t.co/VzuVgNtSGu

— Gina Bradbury (@screaminggina) August 1, 2019

BOOM: Regulators examining whether social-media giant bought companies to neutralize possible rivals https://t.co/ywPsAoZfy9

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 1, 2019

The next step in taking out Big Tech (sad a Republican admin is attacking the most productive sector in economy): “Regulators examining whether social-media giant bought companies to neutralize possible rivals” https://t.co/oqCG5KxQtM

— Yaron Brook (@yaronbrook) August 1, 2019

New from @brkend, @johndmckinnon & me: the FTC is examining Facebook's pattern of acquisitions & the extent to which FB bought would-be rivals to stamp out the competition as part of its antitrust probe. https://t.co/Tgy8mz0gzb

— Deepa Seetharaman (@dseetharaman) August 1, 2019

This investigation should take approximately nine seconds https://t.co/4gtGdwlP4F pic.twitter.com/alnazspXUj

— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) August 1, 2019

FTC Antitrust Probe of Facebook Scrutinizes Its Acquisitions https://t.co/1JFc3tKwjK

— @HerbertReed on Parler (@Herbert_L_Reed) August 1, 2019

When Facebook announced it was integrating its three messaging services, antitrust experts said it begged the question of why it was allowed to buy Instagram and WhatsApp to begin with. Now the FTC is reportedly asking that question.https://t.co/bJknYURYcL

— Lauren Feiner (@lauren_feiner) August 1, 2019

Facebook에 대한 FTC 반독점 조사가 인수합병을 면밀히 조사 https://t.co/UxIdfyrBf8
• 이 저널은 또한 FTC가 이미 Facebook이 구입한 회사와 관련된 사람들과 접촉하기 시작했다고 보도하고 있습니다.

— editoy (@editoy) August 2, 2019

The FTC is examining whether FB & "Zuckerberg, purchased technology startups to keep them from challenging Facebook’s empire, the people said, some of whom added that the FTC has begun reaching out to the founders of such companies." https://t.co/SghoXKOPt5?

— Chris Hoofnagle (@hoofnagle) August 2, 2019