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Facebook's antitrust showdown approaches

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Facebook's antitrust showdown approaches

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Casey Newton
Nov 20, 2020
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Facebook's antitrust showdown approaches

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Today, two updates on Facebook.

I.

One, the long-threatened antitrust lawsuits against the company are reportedly drawing closer — although it looks like they won’t land this month, as some outlets had said they might. But December is mere days away — and when the lawsuits come, the government might seek to break Facebook up. Ton…

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