This WashPost op-ed makes a vital often-overlooked point: Facebook is spending millions *advocating* for social media regulations because only they and Google would have the resources to comply, making it virtually impossible for competitors to survive:https://t.co/1avRug7Ivd pic.twitter.com/k2mPpdVlIc
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 7, 2021
One more time: there are some serious people in both parties who want to apply anti-trust law to weaken FB & Google for noble reasons (including FTC Chair @linakhanFTC), but what most Dems want is to make FB even more powerful, but seize control of that power to police discourse.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 7, 2021