If you already joined ‘em, beat ‘em: Facebook gets sued

The Intelligence from The Economist
10 дек. 2020 г. 21 min
If you already joined ‘em, beat ‘em: Facebook gets sued
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American regulators have put mergers that they approved years ago at the heart of antitrust lawsuits—a tricky bid to curb the social-media giant’s market power. We examine the surge of an artist-led <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/12/05/the-movimiento-san-isidro-challenges-cubas-regime?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">protest movement</a> in Cuba, where dissent on any scale is a dangerous proposition. And what a cross-border, <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/12/05/to-ski-or-not-to-ski?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ski-slope spat</a> reveals about European co-operation. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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