Excellent thread. Will only add that you have all the ingredients of a clean during-after experiment: In Sept 2018, we should see publishers getting less pay/pay shares, all things equal, under the alleged quid pro quo, where Facebook was induced to abandon header bidding. https://t.co/1jTrkzQeic

— Hal Singer (@HalSinger) December 30, 2020

Inherently illegal and the definition of antitrust. https://t.co/wzhMuXOIjb

— byron@bikehugger (@bikehugger) December 29, 2020

You do this like every 3 months where you bring them in, you'll grand stand and then have Sean Hannity post your clip for likes on these same platforms.

— Chris Moore ?? (@ctmoore) December 29, 2020

The funny thing about surveillance capitalism is, we don't even know if it's a very effective tool for selling things.

But it very effectively compromises the privacy and data security of the entire industrialized world. https://t.co/fxIO1PC0kf

— Jon Spaihts (@jonspaihts) December 29, 2020

If there was just one takeaway from Enron’s demise 18 years ago, it’s this: Never name your clever deals ‘Jedi’ anything.https://t.co/tioXA4jSQD https://t.co/sfNhgvxLtX

— John Voorhees (@johnvoorhees) December 29, 2020

Face­book and Google had an il­le­gal price-fix­ing deal where they rigged the advertising market to keep their monopoly. Congress will investigate this.

Zuckerburg and Pichai should testify under oath about this deal. https://t.co/8nmkYlsxuh

— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) December 29, 2020

Contract terms and company documents, shed light on the #pricefixing in a 2018 contract between #Google and #Facebook dubbed ‘#JediBlue,’ which allegedly allowed for auction rigging. #Googlelies #Facebook #Google #Competition #Ads #advertisement https://t.co/Xum8uOuMXj

— Paul Nemitz (@PaulNemitz) December 29, 2020

Details of a state attorneys general lawsuit against Google, including contract terms and company documents, shed light on the legal battle against the tech giant, which is accused of illegally fixing prices in a 2018 contract with Facebook https://t.co/fgOvXHAu18

— Bowdeya Tweh (@BowKnowsBiz) December 29, 2020

The price fixing case against Google (and FB) seems like a huge deal for 2 reasons: (1) many standard industry practices conflict with antitrust law and (2) price fixing can be a felony (penalty up to 3 yrs in prison for each count), just for the attempt. https://t.co/j8Tw74dTVz

— Roger McNamee (@Moonalice) December 30, 2020

This was Google's code name for its 'unlawful agreement' with Facebook https://t.co/q0I6bICiGJ pic.twitter.com/p5YSc4Vnd0

— New York Post (@nypost) December 29, 2020

#Google’s ‘unlawful agreement’ with #Facebook

New details have emerged about the deal Google and Facebook allegedly worked out to rig the lucrative online advertising market

The two tech titans dubbed their contract “#JediBlue”https://t.co/bVtL5VwvqW

— Watchful Watcher (@watchfulwatcher) December 29, 2020