Zuckerberg’s 2012 email dubbed “smoking gun” at Meta monopoly trial
Zuckerberg’s 2012 email dubbed “smoking gun” at Meta monopoly trial
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Zuckerberg’s 2012 email dubbed “smoking gun” at Meta monopoly trial
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Meta argued that "the FTC’s case rests almost entirely on emails (many more than a decade old) allegedly expressing competitive concerns" but suggested that this is only "intent" evidence, "without any evidence of anticompetitive effects."
Not sure I understand the argument. if I write that I'm going to buy another company instead of competing with them, then I go ahead and I do buy that exact company, are they arguing that the two things are not necessarily related?
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Yes. The argument is, raise the burden of proof: you are proving what my intent was, and what actions I took, but you should be proving negative market effects. Just because I said it, and I did it, doesn’t mean I succeeded. And if I didn’t there’s no reason to be broken up.
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Thanks, I understand better now.
On a related note, I wish I had known of the "just because I said it and I did it, doesn't mean I succeeded" line of defense when I was a kid
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Haha! Yes, but not sure how effective it would have been. I think parenting counts intent way above outcomes.
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"Attempted murder? What next? The Nobel prize in attempted physics?"
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