https://twitter.com/TXAG/status/1339283520099856384?
"Texas takes the lead once more!"
I can never understand why do they have to do that. Creating us vs them mentality for everything.
Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
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Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#12The HN title is hugely misleading, because it drops "Texas says". I would change it to "Google, Facebook allegedly had illegal deal to rig ad market" Sometimes this would be a technicality, for example where it's beyond much doubt, but in this case it seems that it's far from proven, so far.
>according to a lawsuit filed by 10 states led by Texas.
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#13https://twitter.com/TXAG/status/1339283520099856384 ? "Texas takes the lead once more!" I can never understand why do they have to do that. Creating us vs them mentality for everything.
"... known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm."
CA does this kind of stuff routinely --- part of what Elon Musk described as "complacency".
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#14This is currently the #1 story on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25448718.
We'll merge (most of) the comments thither.
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#15The HN title is hugely misleading, because it drops "Texas says". I would change it to "Google, Facebook allegedly had illegal deal to rig ad market" Sometimes this would be a technicality, for example where it's beyond much doubt, but in this case it seems that it's far from proven, so far.
Yes, given recent events, omitting ", Texas says" from a title seems somewhat rash, all the more so when the lawsuit is announced by the Texas AG of recent notoriety, introducing it by saying "Texas takes the lead once more!"
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#16This is currently the #1 story on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25448718 . We'll merge (most of) the comments thither.
Where did it go then?
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#17This is currently the #1 story on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25448718 . We'll merge (most of) the comments thither.
Where did it go then?
It's still there. There have been multiple submissions of the same basic story, we merged them, and the one we merged them into is still #1 on the front page. Or am I misunderstanding your question?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where did it go then?
It's still there. There have been multiple submissions of the same basic story, we merged them, and the one we merged them into is still #1 on the front page. Or am I misunderstanding your question?
Sorry - Just realized I accidentally marked it “hidden” :(
Re: Google, Facebook Had Illegal Deal to Rig Ad Market
#20The HN title is hugely misleading, because it drops "Texas says". I would change it to "Google, Facebook allegedly had illegal deal to rig ad market" Sometimes this would be a technicality, for example where it's beyond much doubt, but in this case it seems that it's far from proven, so far.
>according to a lawsuit filed by 10 states led by Texas.
Things don't become true based merely on the number of lawsuits filed. If there were some further substance in the public domain (eg. emails, whistleblower, technical analysis, etc.) then adding "allegedly" might be more of a technicality.
At the moment, I have no idea whether Facebook & Google did this or not. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. No judges have ruled on it yet. No evidence has been presented. Even the details of what exactly they are being accused of are vague. It's purely an allegation at this point.