Mark Zuckerberg Marks 4th of July With Wakeboarding and John Denver, Sparking Mockery on Social Media
07/05/2021 07:01 pm EDT
"We are pleased that today's decisions recognize the defects in the government complaints against Facebook," Facebook said in a statement last week. "We compete fairly every day to earn people's time and attention and will continue to deliver great products for the people and businesses that use our services."
The dismissal was not a complete victory for Facebook, though. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said it did not agree with all of Facebook's arguments, but ruled in its favor because the FTC failed to prove Facebook has a social media monopoly in the U.S. The court also ruled that the FTC could continue to push Facebook to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, but can only succeed if it can also succeed in proving Facebook has a monopoly. Still, the fact that the state attorneys general lawsuit was completely dismissed means the FTC could have a tough road ahead.
Over on Twitter, the response to Zuckerberg's wakeboarding video was even more critical. One person even edited the video to superimpose a Facebook logo onto the American flag. "Zuck crossing the Delaware," the Twitter user joked.
"This is the stuff meme dreams are made of," meme page Tank.Sinatra wrote on Instagram. "This is some meme materials," another Instagram user wrote.
"Zuck really doing his part to make tech founders seem normal," Box CEO Aaron Levie sarcastically wrote.
"In a world of out-of-touch tech billionaires, Zuck somehow manages to make himself look even more out of touch than the guy who wants indentured servitude on Mars," one Twitter user wrote. The comment referred to remarks Elon Musk has made about colonizing Mars.
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