美联邦与46州政府同时发难,Facebook将要被拆分?

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"12月10日,据海外媒体报道,就在本周三,全美有46个州政府先后启动了对Facebook的反托拉斯诉讼(反垄断诉讼)。与此同时,美国联邦贸易委员会FTC也启动了针对脸书的反垄断程序。这意味着Facebook同时受到了来自于美国各州政府法律,以及美国联邦法律两方面的控诉。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"据报道消息,虽然在诉讼程序执行过程中,由州政府提起的诉讼与由FTC提起的诉讼将分开进行,但是两者提起诉讼的理由却是相似的:Facebook收购WhatsApp和Instagram构成垄断,非法关闭了新生竞争对手进入的机会。与此同时,Facebook利用其平台访问权来阻止其他竞争对手出现的行为,也涉及违法。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"目前,美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)和各州的诉讼均要求追溯Facebook收购Instagram和WhatsApp的行为,并要求将这两家公司与Facebook分开。甚至于有州政府提出“限制Facebook进行价值不超过1000万美元收购的自由交易”提议。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":" 斗争已进入到艰难时刻"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"根据美国国家政府诉讼,Facebook所谓的不当行为已导致了消费者受到伤害。有用户投诉称,自己在社交媒体平台中的选择较少,体验较差。而对于科技行业而言,行业则正在面临着Facebook相关的“潜在竞争服务投资减少”的困扰,这会让整个行业的发展更加的不合理。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在另外的一项指控中,有州政府官员表示,Facebook向第三方应用程序开发人员开放了平台,将其吸引到公司的发展轨道中,而一旦Facebook认为它们构成竞争威胁,就切断了他们对Facebook服务的访问。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在常规的商业竞争行为中,公司没有义务与竞争对手打交道,但是在网络影响可能导致赢家通吃的情况下,Facebook关闭了竞争对手与自身平台集成能力的行为,正在成为一个需要重新考量的关键事件,这在一定层面上折射出了监管立法方面的问题。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“如果案件成功,它将极大地改变社交网络领域的竞争方式。”专业人士评价表示。但由于法律层面的漏洞,也有人有人对此推出了质疑:“19世纪的法律是否足以评估21世纪的现实状况呢?”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"有消息透露表示,Facebook在此之前便已经加大了对具有反托拉斯和诉讼经验的律师的聘用,目前也正在不断的调整谈话要点以及宣传口径,为摆脱控诉带来的不利影响不断制造机会。美联邦与46州政府同时发难,Facebook是否真的最终会被拆分?斗争已经进入了最艰难的时刻。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"反垄断正在成为科技圈日常"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"长期以来,Facebook经常因其影响力过大而受到批评,并多次被要求就相关问题向美国国会乃至于公众做出解释,此次美联邦和州政府对Facebook同时提出反托拉斯控诉,意味着Facebook再次面临了新的挑战。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"有美国政府官员表示:“美国几乎每个州都参加了这场两党诉讼,因为Facebook统治市场的行为既非法又有害。”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"事实上,美国政府对于大型科技企业的反垄断诉讼并不是仅仅针对于Facebook这一家企业。在此之前,美国对于重大技术反托拉斯诉讼的历史可以追溯到1984年,当时美国政府经过长达七年的反复诉讼,并最终拆分了AT&T。而在2000年初,微软同样面临过相同的反垄断诉讼。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在最近的一次反垄断诉讼中,今年10月份,美国司法部和11个州同样对Google提起过诉讼,称其扼杀了竞争,以维持其在在线搜索和搜索广告中的强大地位。这一诉讼一度使得外界传闻Google 将拆分Chrome以最终平息事件。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在Facebook和Google之外,美国政府官员也开始越来越频繁地在整个科技领域开展反垄断调查行动,审查范围已经从苹果对iOS应用生态系统的控制,拓展到亚马逊在其电子商务平台上对独立卖家的处理。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"美国之外,欧盟是最早对大型科技公司执行垄断行为反击制裁的地区。最新的消息中,今年10月12日,消息称欧盟监管机构正在起草一份所谓的“黑名单”,将通过新规则抑制Google、Apple、Facebook、Amazon等在内的20多家全球互联网科技巨头对市场的支配地位。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"而在此之前,欧盟自2017年起的近三年来,先后对谷歌开出了24.2亿欧元、43.4亿欧元、14.9亿欧元的天价罚单,三次罚款累计接近600多亿人民币。微软、高通、Facebook、苹果等企业也先后支付过欧盟开出的天价罚单。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"以欧美国家政府为代表的公共组织,正在不断的对大型科技企业发起反垄断诉讼并不断开出天价罚单,这似乎已然成为了科技圈逐渐习以为常的事件。从国外到国内,垄断与反垄断事件的讨论与思考也正在逐渐升温。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在反垄断的背后,折射出的是中小企业发展在巨头盘踞的领域,面临创新难、发展困难的现状。据Facebook财报数据,目前其生态体系内覆盖的用户群人数已高达30亿,在这样一个庞然大物面前,无论是其通过资本还是技术手段对单一企业开展业务竞争,被遏制方都将很难再取得创新发展。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"这种针对大型科技企业的诉讼,会不会成为科技巨头公司发展的转折点?欧洲率先开始的这种责难,美国的加入,会不会加速这个行业的转变?而这些科技巨头能不能找到反制的对策呢?这些事件对于国内又有什么启发呢?这些问题仍有待于进一步观察。"}]}]}
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