X said the companies worked against their economic self-interests in a conspiracy violating US antitrust law

michael-laugh I can't believe this is real holy shit

In a statement on Tuesday about the lawsuit, X’s chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, said: “People are hurt when the marketplace of ideas is constricted. No small group of people should monopolize what gets monetized.”

  • porcupine@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    I don't see how this is a meaningfully different argument than saying it's illegal to not buy things from "Israel", and US courts seem to be fine with that

    • Owl [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      I hope he tries to use that as precedence in the court cases, it would be so funny.

    • WayeeCool [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      It's meaningfully different in the US at least because these corporations are some of the most powerful on earth. Musk's companies are small beans in comparison because market cap is meaningless compared to actual revenue. He is fucking around with corporations that literally overthrow governments, kill disloyal people, and fund private militaries to advance their interests. The kind of corporations that US federal judges rubber-stamp even criminal rulings for.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_revenue

    • Greenleaf [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Because there’s a misconception about what BDS laws usually are. You as a consumer can boycott Israel. You can call for others to boycott Israel and do so as a group. You can own a business and refuse to buy things from Israel. And even the most reactionary court will take your side if a law was passed that did otherwise.

      What most BDS laws do is to say if you are a government entity or do any business with the government, you cannot formally boycott Israeli products. Functionally this prevents a lot of businesses from boycotting Israel and critically, state universities too.