Financial Times
Opinion: Use the market to clean up the web. Advertisers must take far more responsibility for whom they reward online (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/02/2019 - 14:41
FTC Chairman Simons says breaking up Facebook would be hard to do. Intends to complete investigation before 2020 election.
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons said that Facebook’s effort to integrate Instagram and WhatsApp more closely could stymie any attempt to break up the social media giant. Chairman Simons said all options were on the table as the FTC investigates Facebook for potential antitrust violations, including major divestitures, but added that the plan by Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, to knit together Facebook’s three major brands could complicate any case.
Cloudflare’s termination of contract with 8chan drew attention to building blocks of the web
California-based company Cloudfare, which is a market leader in web infrastructure, was thrust into the spotlight of international debate after abruptly terminating its contract with 8chan, the far-right internet forum known for perpetuating conspiracy theories and hate speech, in the wake of the El Paso shooting.