Google’s Monopoly Powers

Monopoly powers are not necessarily an antitrust violation, but are a necessary element of a monopoly charge. Google is a company with such monopoly powers over the search engine industry. They are one of three major players in that industry, the other two being DuckDuckGo and Bing. On October 20, 2020, a lawsuit was filed … Continue reading Google’s Monopoly Powers

Facebook and Fact Checking

It was reported in the Guardian on February 20th that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is throwing around the idea of a 'crowd sourced' model of fact checking to battle misinformation and fake news stories that plague the site's News Feed. Former managing editor of Snopes, Brooke Binkowski, a factchecking site which had previously partnered … Continue reading Facebook and Fact Checking