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.
— Jon Spaihts (@jonspaihts) December 29, 2020
But it very effectively compromises the privacy and data security of the entire industrialized world. https://t.co/fxIO1PC0kf
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.
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) December 29, 2020
Zuckerburg and Pichai should testify under oath about this deal. https://t.co/8nmkYlsxuh
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
— Watchful Watcher (@watchfulwatcher) December 29, 2020
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