The main statutes are the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Act of 1914 and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. These Acts serve three major functions. First, Section 1 of the Sherman Act prohibits price-fixing and the operation of cartels, and prohibits other collusive practices that unreasonably restrain trade. Second, Section 7 of the Clayton Act restricts the mergers and acquisitions of organizations that would likely substantially lessen competition. Third, Section 2 of the Sherman Act prohibits the abuse of monopoly power.
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I had that same thought. Almost like a monopoly in a way. When one does it they all do it.
Problem is.. if a cake maker can turn away business, AWS can turn away business
Idea of a cake maker is close but not quite. Amazon is the building owner or manager. twitter and parler are two stores that make cakes. Apple and Google are services that deliver said cakes.
One day twitter decided that it should be the only cake maker in town and conspire with Amazon, Apple, and Google. Amazon gave Parler and eviction notice, Apple and Google told Parler it will no longer deliver it's cakes to customers, all in an effort to shut parler down and leave twitter with no competition.
And from my understanding, it was this very issue that the antitrust law was created in the first place.