NY AG will work with the AGs of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and DC on an antitrust inquiry focused on “Facebook’s dominance in the industry and the potential anti-competitive conduct stemming from that dominance”https://t.co/69pA61SuKD
— Asher Schechter (@AsherSchechter) September 6, 2019
#BREAKING
— Democratic AGs (@DemocraticAGs) September 6, 2019
NY AG @TishJames is leading a bipartisan coalition of state AGs in an investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations.
No matter how big, how powerful — Dem AGs have proved time and time again, they will hold companies accountable! https://t.co/sruCKr5ndM
Bipartisan investigation of competition & data intersection. “The AGs involved have concerns over the control of personal data by large tech companies and will hold them accountable for anticompetitive practices that endanger privacy and consumer data.” https://t.co/ZL1JBP9ZoE
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 6, 2019
The New York antitrust office (of which I'm a veteran) has established itself as the "third pole" of American antitrust enforcement. Facebook investigation latest example https://t.co/hICj9OZekx
— Tim Wu (@superwuster) September 6, 2019
AGs divvy up antitrust work vs. Big Tech: Texas attorney general to lead effort examining impact of Google on digital advertising markets; New York attorney general to helm Facebook review, citing concerns over control of personal data. https://t.co/A2EdUAdOh1
— JamesVGrimaldi (@JamesVGrimaldi) September 6, 2019
New York AG Letitia James is leading a multi-state antitrust probe into Facebook, while Texas state AG Ken Paxton reportedly leads one into Google. https://t.co/ikxL4d08L2
— USA TODAY Tech (@usatodaytech) September 6, 2019
Facebook and Google could be facing investigations into their business practices and "dominance in the industry." https://t.co/YIJIbd7D81
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 6, 2019
Joining AG James are the AGs from:;
— File411 (@File511) September 6, 2019
Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, & the District of Columbia
I’d also be curious to know if FB has right of first refusal re colocating & paid priority over web traffic
Oh shittlestixhttps://t.co/gYVvvPGRij https://t.co/pPJe7zHgJm
Investigation launched by @NewYorkStateAG into @facebook for possible antitrust violations. https://t.co/D8CqMu4muI
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 6, 2019
NY attorney general will lead antitrust investigation into Facebook | TechCrunch https://t.co/MkROtFi4z3
— RR Apple (@RRalstonAgile) September 6, 2019
"Dozens of US states are set to launch antitrust & privacy investigations into #Facebook & #Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases in the US." https://t.co/F5ioDUROYI
— amber mac (@ambermac) September 6, 2019
Facebook is under investigation by state attorneys general for antitrust violations https://t.co/QNn1Oa0isQ pic.twitter.com/eKNuDZYN3U
— The Verge (@verge) September 6, 2019
Facebook is under investigation by state attorneys general for antitrust violations https://t.co/ObQLGnIurQ >>> https://t.co/HTA6IsoHwv #digitalhealth #socialmedia #digitalmarketing #industry40 #IoT #AI #mhealth #healthtech pic.twitter.com/LmTjkWhizV
— Dr Timos Papagatsias (@_timos_) September 6, 2019