Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and South Dakota are the only states that failed to join.
Like medieval moats, this metaphorical barrier allows the company to dominate relatively undisturbed.
The tech giants apps give it access to at least 2.7 billion monthly active users,according to Statista.
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Facebook alone has 1.8 billion people who visit the social networking site daily from almost every country.
The troves of data the company collects across platforms also make it susceptible to large-scale abuse.
Additionally, Facebooks relationship with advertisers is only rivaled by Googleno social media platform comes close.
From a market standpoint, Facebook hasthwarted innovationthrough its practices that put competitors in the companys crosshairs.
And it is not just the social media sector, either.
Between the tech giants three apps, the company has access to at least 2.6 billion users.
Facebook is the advertising industrysgolden goose.
Along with Google, the company accounted for about85% of global digital ad revenuein 2018.
This allows advertisers to reach consumers with unparalleled accuracy.
In some cases, uncanny accuracy.
Fontenot said in a phone interview about his general concerns about social media platforms.
“I dont know, it happened way too many times to be a coincidence,” he continued.
“I run ads product at Facebook.
We dontand have neverused your microphone for ads.
Facebook is the canary in the coal mine.
If this suit succeeds, expect more casualties.
