Dec 15, 2024, 5:09 AM WTF at the Train Station? Gunnar ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <cypherpunks-request@lists.cpunks.org> Date: Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 5:09 AM Subject: cypherpunks Digest, Vol 138, Issue 161 To: <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cypherpunks-request@lists.cpunks.org You can reach the person managing the list at cypherpunks-owner@lists.cpunks.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook (Gunnar Larson) 2. Fwd: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook - And, US Vally Bank Example (Gunnar Larson) 3. Fwd: Plastic alternatives (Gunnar Larson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:58:33 -0500 From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> Subject: Fwd: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> Message-ID: <CAPc8xwP7tMO+50gpX_mvk-Ln5WQxaLPo+bkKL6JTbhmH5Lidvg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000006a5bd06294c1c61" ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 1:13 PM Subject: Fwd: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> Cc: Reader, Shaun <sreader@curtis.com>, Harris, Adrienne A (DFS) < Adrienne.Harris@dfs.ny.gov> Dear Wells Fargo: As a friendly neighbor, we care about you. Wells Fargo, irrespective of Sundar & Co., the folks across the street (aka squatting at the train station) seem to be getting you potentially in hot 🔥 water with: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17AN-927OED4Z5zX9oF5R2m6d5IcvQLiY/view?usp=d... Gunnar ✌️ PS: @VP, no animals were hurt by Brody's daddy. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 1:00 PM Subject: Fwd: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> Sundar: My feed showed me this while on my morning coffee break: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17AN-927OED4Z5zX9oF5R2m6d5IcvQLiY/view?usp=d... What do we do with this and the train station? I am not a co-conspirator, as co-founder of Bank.org while Ocean First Bank seems in limbo with this sponsored advertisement (Disclosure: Only if this ad was shown in the EU). But, seriously what do we do? You know today I am already eye balls deep into it with Clayton. Call me, Sundar. Phone home. Love, Gunnar ✌️ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> Date: Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 9:07 AM Subject: BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> BREAKING: Meta Fined €798M For Tying Marketplace Ads To Facebook < https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2260718?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e02-b7d8-a89ca44ecaf4&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2260718&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0

By Christopher Crosby The European Union's antitrust watchdog hit Meta with a €797.72 million ($840 million) fine Thursday for giving its Facebook Marketplace an unfair advantage over rival online classified ads services by automatically showing postings to its social media users. Read full article » < https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2260718?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e02-b7d8-a89ca44ecaf4&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2260718&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0

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