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Attorney generals from a massive percentage of states and U.S. territories have joined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against Facebook, threatening to dismantle Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire.

If successful, the FTC’s suit could invalidate Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp. Here are the states joining the growing, bipartisan campaign to rein in Silicon Valley’s influence over American business and politics.




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  1. I think it would be better to list any state that is NOT joining the suit. The question I have is why the Democrats would join. The baby boy Zuckerberg has been working for THEM?

    1. As I wet through the list I was wondering that also, maybe they realize if sometime they do not conform to Facebook radical policies, FB will turn on them

  2. Now if all the other progressive social media websites could be dealt with in the same manner. Their banning/ censorship of conservative speech needs to be reigned in too.

  3. Yes FB needs to be broken up. They are not allowing free speech but are silencing info they don’t want citizens to know and promoting liberalism/socialist/communist views and misinformation. They should no longer be protected by 230 since they are not playing fair.

  4. Why list all the states? List the 2 that are NOT, first. I would like to know if MY state is on the list, but is late in the alphabet.

  5. There has to be some Boundary’s or limits to so many things in this world today. And Facebook is a great example. Also the media’s bias against Republicans. How much Money can Zuckerberg have before it just doesn’t matter . I think he is probable at past that point already.

  6. No one, no entity, no company, NO ONE, should have this much power over the people or over governments. These people are drunk on greed and absolute power. It creates dictatorships and monarchy’s and corruption as that greed and absolute power and control warps their minds with more power. Their minds are seared with no compassion and no heart. They donate money to a named cause that is named to disguise it’s real purpose, and they do it to fool others into thinking they are doing good. It’s a big lie, they do it to manipulate, indoctrinate, and brain wash others into thinking that they are good. They make good into bad, and they make bad look good. To discern the good from the bad, you have to pay attention and actually keep up with what they are doing… and you have to love good over the bad. Because if you don’t hate the bad and love the good, and keep up with what they are doing, you will never discern or be able to think for yourself. God help us if we don’t get back to loving one another and loving God and our country because these monsters are taking it away from us and we are letting them because they have made fools of us and used us to destroy ourselves and our country for them.

  7. The fact is that any person who owns a business, should have a right to limit only truths on their business. What Zukerman along with Twitter limited was factual lies about the election, that so many were spreading.

  8. Dog and Pony Show. These people LOVE this kind of attention. You’ll notice, please, that nothing will change in the wake of these lawsuits, except they’ll get richer and more powerful.

  9. No one person should have the power that Zuckerberg and his cronies have on what is to be determined as news or have such one sided comments exist that can be determined as free speech. His kind has determined what people should think or say. What happened to the 1st Amendment? It is the law of the land; yet, he has usurped what people can say because he knows best. No one person(s) should have a monopoly on thinking and saying. If we don’t stop him now he will be pushing only his ideas, theories, and stories and the rest of us be damned. Split the monopoly up or put him in jail for not allowing or breeching the 1st Amendment.

    1. Zuckerberg does have that power, but people who move away from social media platforms which censor certain topics can find alternative websites, if they’re inclined. The monopoly aspect of this issue is predicated on the 1st Amendment vs the Established Content Restrictions of website operators. They can censor what they wish. However, if they do take that course of action, they’ll only gain members who’ll post insipid and innocuous images and text that will draw few, if any, followers.

  10. Get all the data of all the people Facebook suspended for censorship I will jump with this lawsuit that is the key.

  11. They need to do the same toamozon they are slowly trying to take o er this country and turn it into a business controlled country with a CEO instead of an elected president. Just look at the diversity of things they now control everything from food to social media no one corporation should have that much control over people’s lives. Stop it now while it is still possible.

  12. My favorite approach is mandating interoperability, as urged by famous economist Luigi Zingales. See https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/should-we-regulate-big-tech/. This would require social media to have a common interface, so that you could post to Facebook, Parler, Gab, Caucus Room at the same time. It would lower the barriers for new entrants, and tend to prevent monopolies from forming.

  13. Death to Facebook and Zuckerberg should retire to a palace in China as a loyal servant of the communist party, the murderers of Tiananmen Square.
    Xi and Zuckerberg could celebrate the day the communists showed the world how tanks can crush student protests and protect those in power. Once in power, never let go.

  14. Just close all your accounts to farcebook, twitter, Instagram and all the rest when advertisers products aren’t selling because of poor merchandising they’ll start pulling there ads and the companies will close down, no products selling no profit to these companies. The bottom line is if they can’t sell their product and the companies tank they walk away from big tech, without you and advertisers they won’t stay in business long!

  15. It is about time! It should not stop there. All the social platforms that have censured speech and attacked our first amendment should be dealt with too!

  16. If something is not done to inhibit these actions there will be more and more invasions of the 1st Amendment & all of our rights under the Constitution ..>>Next they (who ??) will monitor voice calls and shut them down !! MAGA and take issue with these people “in & out of government ” !!

  17. Freedom loving States should TAX Facebook up the behind for doing business in their State if they can’t treat everybody the same or sue them harshly .

  18. Defiantly a decision need made on prosecuting Facebook and Twitter. The are trying to make the news by shutting out what they deem as unfavorable to them. All should shop using these wed sights.

  19. The question is, will the feds get the message sent by the states? A really large monetary award from the state suits would help. It is a shame that an ill-educated punk like Zuckerberg could get so rich (and thus influential) in our country.

  20. You folks must understand that Social Media Websites; Facebook, You Tube, Twitter, etc. will be inundated with complaints about content. You Tube allowed images of little girls wearing underwear, which to many is not such a large concern, but child predators will access those posts for their entertainment. If you set up a WWW resource for people to post images and various political and social commentary, there must be some rules attached to ensure people who access your website will not be threatened, exploited, libeled, or unwittingly involved with criminal–even terrorist(!!) activities. There are now websites such as Patreon which will host members with controversial political or social views counter to the prevailing narrative. It is vitally important for Americans especially to have access to resources to present their views and concerns. Now that our political climate is equivalent to an ongoing ideological Hatfield and McCoy feud, citizens should not be frustrated by Miss Manners-style censorship of their thoughts and concerns about controversial topics occurring on these platforms.

  21. Fauci is just one Cuckoo flying over the Nest. See “Fauci’s Future for America” archived at http://www.LigonClanLaw.com for a prediction of his next arbitrary use of power.
    When will we inmates stop letting the criminally insane run the asylum?

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