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Apple says it maybe can't trust Meta, after incompetent redaction


Lawyers representing Apple said the company may not be able to trust Meta, after the social network company leaked internal...

Specifically, the company is accused of trying to create an illegal monopoly in consumer social networking by buying up Facebook competitor Instagram, as well as messaging app WhatsApp. Meta succeeded then in having the case dismissed, but the judge did allow the FTC to provide more detailed arguments on why it thinks a monopoly was created by the acquisitions. The utter incompetence of the redaction has led some to suggest it was deliberate, but personally I suspect Hanlon’s Razor applies: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

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