A few weeks ago, in an opinion article, I discussed the recent lawsuit against Facebook, filed by the Federal Trade Commission, alleging monopolistic conduct — that the company had violated antitrust laws. In the article, I took the position as a supporter of the lawsuit and its demand: to break up Facebook by divesting major…
When Mark Zuckerberg, then a college student at Harvard University, founded Facebook with his roommates, he probably did not envision the Facebook of today. With the acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp two years later, Facebook has grown from a student directory website into a social media empire. On December 9th, 2020, the Federal…
At 11:25 a.m. on Saturday, November 7th, four days into the “election week,” the Associated Press called the presidential election for Joe Biden after declaring Pennsylvania’s results in favor of the former Vice President. Joe Biden was able to achieve the win through the reestablishment of the “blue wall” by regaining the Great Lakes states,…
Before I begin, I want to take a moment and pay tribute to the medical staff, essential workers, and countless other heroes who stand in the front line against coronavirus. They are ordinary people like us, but they risk their own lives to protect ours when facing such a pandemic. Seven months since the eruption…