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The FTC cleared FB to buy Instagram in the first place[1]. Any idea what changed?

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-instagram-idUSBR...




They realized they were wrong and there’s a growing antitrust movement in the US.


Is there precedent for such a thing? Five or ten years after approving acquisitions and then saying 'oh our bad, that was anticompetitive' I'm not a fan of FB, was only a user briefly (though still maintain whatsapp) but find that this action is a misquided attempt to punish FB because some people can't accept its success and find the platform abhorrent.




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