[kictanet] Lawsuit against Facebook to end its illegal monopoly

[Ali Hussein]

Maria

Breaking up companies is REACTIVE. As opposed to my remedy - PRO-ACTIVE.

Breaking up companies is a lazy way of dealing with a systemic problem of
State Capture by major corporations. Deal with the disease. Not the
symptoms.

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*Ali Hussein*

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On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:22 AM maria at afrikaict <mariangunyi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ali:
>
> I BEG TO ABSOLUTELY DIFFER WITH YOU NDUGU! I am TEAM BREAK UP ALL
> MONOPOLIES for IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO CITIZENS!
>
> 100% in favor of breaking up MONOPOLIES! Do you know how many UNWANTED
> messages I get from US Politicians DAILY, thanks to Facebook? Like 50 a day!
>
> As we keep breaking UP the BELLS in the US! And any time they attempt to
> REGROUP Cingular, AT&T, VERIZON, T-MOBILE we break them up AGAIN!
>
> Am CONVINCED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBLE, Safaricom MUST BE BROKEN UP! It’s
> the hugest monopoly in AFRICAN TELELECOM MARKET! That’s my retirement
> project! I just turned 60, Dec 5!
>
> Good job Alice Munyua! Am VOTING WITH FTC!
>
> Maria Ngunyi
>
> On Thursday, December 10, 2020, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Alice
>>
>> Thanks for sharing. This lawsuit recommends the break up of Facebook.
>>
>> My humble opinion below.
>>
>> These are extreme measures by lazy Policy Makers and Regulators who have
>> a political ax to grind.
>>
>> History has shown that breaking up companies is not a solution. The
>> breakup of Standard Oil in 1911 should have taught everyone a lesson. The
>> solution is Policy and Regulatory interventions that stop companies from
>> behaving like it's the Wild Wild West. Here are a few thoughts:-
>>
>> (1) Stop acquisitions that create unholy moats around companies.
>> (2) Heavy fines for misbehaving in the marketplace. Like the Kill Zones
>> <https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-07/big-tech-sets-up-a-kill-zone-for-industry-upstarts>
>> for startups that Big Tech has created. Heavy fines that would impact their
>> balance sheets. ile iwe funzo, not a few billion dollars that amount to a
>> rounding error in their balance sheets.
>> (3) Ban executives who misbehave from ever working in the industry again.
>> (4) Initiatives to limit State Capture by these corporations.
>>
>> My two cowrie shells.
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> Digital Transformation
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
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>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:49 AM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Very interesting case
>>>
>>> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1910134fbcomplaint.pdf
>>>
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