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Plaintiff claims that Meta would pay $5 for personal data but-for social media monopoly draws skepticism from US judge

By Mike Swift
  • 31 Oct 2024 22:54
  • 31 Oct 2024 22:54
Plaintiffs’ assertion that Meta Platforms would have paid Facebook users $5 a month for their personal data but-for its social media monopoly during the past decade was hit by a bucket of cold water today by a federal judge in San Francisco, who labeled the antitrust theory of harm an “implausible”

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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