LinkedIn faces social network monopoly lawsuit from Premium subscribers
By Michael Acton ( January 13, 2022, 23:26 GMT | Insight) -- LinkedIn illegally monopolized the professional social networking market, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court today. The lawsuit claims that LinkedIn pushed up prices by tacitly dividing up markets with Facebook and blocking competitors from accessing public user data, and that it makes access to its Premium service conditional on “parasitic” data-sale policies.LinkedIn illegally monopolized the professional social networking market, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court today....
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