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      Advocates Applaud as FTC Sues to Stop Microsoft-Activision Mega-Merger

      Biden's FTC, said one consumer campaigner, "is showing, once again, that it is serious about enforcing the law, reversing corporate concentration, and taking on the tough cases."

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 08, 2022

      Consumer advocates cheered a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Biden administration in a bid to block the proposed merger of two of the world's leading video game companies, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard--a $69 billion deal the Federal Trade Commission argued would "harm competition" in the nearly $200 billion gaming industry.

      "Today's action is of incredible importance in ensuring fair and open competition in gaming and across the larger digital economy."

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      US Regulators Urged to Block Amazon's 'Terrifying' Purchase of One Medical

      One antitrust campaigner said the government should swiftly "establish a basic set of rules to protect every corner of America's health industry from the power of the manipulation platforms."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 21, 2022

      Privacy, antitrust, and other advocates on Thursday sounded the alarm over Amazon's purchase of boutique healthcare company One Medical, a move that one group said "opens a terrifying new frontier in surveillance of Americans by private corporations."

      "You don't need to play glitchy PC games to experience the cyberpunk capitalist dystopia. The real world got real bad, and we didn't stop it."

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      Reported End to Facebook's 'Murky' Deals With News Giants Sparks Call for 'Truly Fair Marketplace'

      Reported End to Facebook's 'Murky' Deals With News Giants Sparks Call for 'Truly Fair Marketplace'

      "We can't allow our free press to be captured by tech monopolies," warned one advocate.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jun 10, 2022

      Press freedom and antitrust advocates on Friday derided both Facebook and corporate media beneficiaries of the tech titan's multimillion dollar spending spree following reporting that the company is rethinking its investments amid increasing regulatory pressures and a shift away from news partnerships.

      "For years, Facebook has sucked advertising dollars away from newspapers and news magazines."

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