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The tension that has long ago between the Silicon Valley and the press that covers it on the surface during the anti -monopoly trial affiliated with the Federal Trade Committee against Meta.
During a hot interrogation of the main economist of the Federal Trade Committee, Scott Heimville, the main lawyer in Mita, Mark Hansen, referred to Organizers On the anti -monopoly probe in 2019. The stadium platform for the investigation that was shown in the court included “public recognition” of the company’s aggressive acquisition strategy from correspondents: Kara Swecher, who is currently hosting two podcasts for podcasts the Verg The parent company, Vox Media, and OM Malik, founder of the Gigaom Early Technology Blog that is now project capitalism.
In an attempt to undermine the reliability of Hemphill, Hansen and Malik caught up in Crossfire. Malik described as a “failed blogger” with a grinding ax against Mita. Then he suggested that Swisher, whom he referred to as Bassem Vanity Fair Pillar writer (I wrote last time for the site In 2015He was similarly biased against the company. In court, he is Expect a title About her recently described Mark Zuckerberg as “a small small creature with a volatile spirit.”
Hansen was also martyred from the 2019 stadium group in court mail A story to support that Facebook should be investigated as a monopoly. Hansen’s Meta asked if hemphill has agreed to that.New York Post It is a scandal paper, “he answered that” he had no point in one way or another. “Hansen showed the evil mail The title of the first page“The head of the head in a naked bar”, to clarify its point of view.
The Stock Exchange has returned to tensions for years between the press and Tech Titans. After a relatively positive coverage experience during the early days, Facebook and Facebook and a handful of startups have grown to become the world’s largest platform. Along the way, they increased decisive coverage for their work.
Malik and Sagers have already criticized dead and its executives. In 2016, I criticized the owner of Facebook intentions to provide free access to its applications and others in India, after Board Member Mark Andrienon blamed the local resistance of the program for “anti -colonialism”. In a tweet that was later deleted. “I am skeptical of any profitable company that argues in its good intentions and free gifts,” Malik Written at that time.
This was not the first time that Meta referred to a finger on the media during the trial
Tuesday’s exchange was not the first time that Meta has made a finger to the media while trying. When discussing major scandals like Cambridge Analysis From the platform of witnesses, the company’s leaders blocked the withdrawals in the user’s morale to the negative media interest and witnessed that Meta services have not witnessed similar declines in participation.
FTC argued that this fact is a sign of monopoly because people cannot leave Facebook and Instagram without vibrant alternatives. The judge will eventually decide whether this is true or not. Meanwhile, Meta’s grudges with the press are fully displayed.