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At the very least they need a plausible market definition, which is not easy.

They also need a theory of harm to consumers from facebooks supposed monopolization of whatever they decide the market is. That’s going to be extremely difficult when the product is free.

I would not have allowed them to buy Instagram or WhatsApp had I been in charge but the monopolization claim they are trying to make is not that convincing.




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