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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Lawsuit against Facebook to end its illegal monopoly
      (Ali Hussein)
   2. Re: Lawsuit against Facebook to end its illegal monopoly
      (maria@afrikaict)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 07:58:50 +0300
From: Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Lawsuit against Facebook to end its illegal
        monopoly
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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

LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>




Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
organizations that I work with.


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:49 AM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Very interesting case
>
> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1910134fbcomplaint.pdf
>
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:22:57 +0300
From: "maria@afrikaict" <mariangunyi@gmail.com>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Lawsuit against Facebook to end its illegal
        monopoly
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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@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
>
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
>
>
>
> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
> mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
> organizations that I work with.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:49 AM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
> kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Very interesting case
>>
>> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1910134fbcomplaint.pdf
>>
>>
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>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>

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