Today in Monopoly - Thursday, March 7th
Here are some stories we had our eye on today:
New York Times, Matthew Buck and Sandeep Vaheesan
His tweets criticize Facebook and Google, but the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department is making life easier for potential monopolists in Silicon Valley.
The Government’s Failure to Block the Time Warner-AT&T Merger Could Lead to Even Bigger Monopolies
Mother Jones, NIHAL KRISHAN
It was the first time since the Nixon administration that the Justice Department had tried to stop this type of deal.
Sprint, T-Mobile get OK from White House, bigger test remains at DOJ and FCC
Fox Business, Lydia Moynihan and Charlie Gasparino
Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. officials have convinced White House economic and national security policy makers to OK their proposed merger on the grounds that the new company will be a formidable competitor for foreign entities, including those inChina, inthe ongoing battle to build a fifth-generation wireless network, the FOX Business Network has learned. But a bigger test remains: Convincing officials at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission that the deal passes muster, according to White House sources and sources close to both telecom companies.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He’ll Shift Focus to Users’ Privacy
New York Times, Mike Isaac
Social networking has long been predicated on people sharing their status updates, photos and messages with the world. Now Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, plans to start shifting people toward private conversations and away from public broadcasting.
Mark Zuckerberg Tried Hard To Get Facebook Into China. Now The Company May Be Backing Away.
BuzzFeed News, Ryan Mac
“As we build our infrastructure around the world, we've chosen not to build data centers incountries that have a track record of violating human rights like privacy or freedom of expression,” Zuckerberg wrote on Wednesday.