Reasons for Favoring the FTC over Facebook In our antitrust survey, we presented participants with a summary of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. The lawsuit centers on allegations of unfair competition, specifically surrounding Facebook’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. We asked survey respondents questions about the strength of the FTC’s case, who […]
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Reasons for Favoring Facebook over the FTC In our antitrust survey, we presented participants with a summary of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case against Facebook. This lawsuit centers on allegations of unfair competition, specifically surrounding Facebook’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. We asked survey respondents questions about the strength of the FTC’s case, who […]
Read moreIntroduction to Our Research on Antitrust Cases
Introduction to Our Research on Antitrust Cases Why Now? We conducted a national survey on antitrust cases focusing on the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) cases against Facebook and Google, respectively. Though those cases were our focus, the reasons for conducting the survey goes beyond our interest in these lawsuits. Given […]
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FTC v. Facebook: Survey Results Background The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Facebook to prevent it from “illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct.” The government uses antitrust regulations to promote free and fair competition and to protect consumers from anticompetitive business activities. At the […]
Read moreBias & Censorship by Social Media Companies
Bias & Censorship by Social Media Companies News coverage of social media companies has focused on Twitter and Facebook’s decisions to ban Donald Trump from using their platforms. Widely viewed as censorship, this action has led to strong criticism. Given news coverage and the politicization of social media platforms, we were curious about how this […]
Read morePositive & Negative Effects of Social Media in America
Positive & Negative Effects of Social Media in the U.S. Social media companies have been at the center of a years-long firestorm since before the 2016 US Presidential Election. Though the user base for these platforms continues to shrink, millions of users still log on every day, suggesting social media might have some positive effects […]
Read morePublic Opinions of Companies that Are Frequent Targets of Unfair or Anticompetitive Behavior Claims
Public Opinions of Companies that Are Frequent Targets of Unfair or Anticompetitive Behavior Claims About a third of our cases involve large companies – sometimes we’re working with them, sometimes against them. Many of these companies are targets of unfair or anticompetitive behavior claims. In pretrial research on those cases, we’ve found that mock jurors […]
Read moreUpcoming Antitrust Research
We are drafting a 1,000 respondent national survey on antitrust issues focusing on the recent Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice cases against Facebook and Google. However, our interest goes beyond these lawsuits. Given the cataclysmic events of 2020, we want to get a better understanding of the historical moment we’re now in and be […]
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