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US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence

Now, this isn't the first shooting on the FSU campus, of course. In 2014, a gunman fired into a crowded library there, wounding three people before he was killed by police. And following that shooting, in just about every year since, Republican lawmakers have filed bills to allow concealed weapons on campuses in Florida. This shooting will probably revive that debate.

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US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence

Now, this isn't the first shooting on the FSU campus, of course. In 2014, a gunman fired into a crowded library there, wounding three people before he was killed by police. And following that shooting, in just about every year since, Republican lawmakers have filed bills to allow concealed weapons on campuses in Florida. This shooting will probably revive that debate.

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US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence

But some of the FSU students who were evacuated during the shooting yesterday were high school students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland. where there was that horrific shooting seven years ago so I think that will also be something to be considered that's NPR's Greg Allen thank you Greg you're welcome

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US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence

But some of the FSU students who were evacuated during the shooting yesterday were high school students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland. where there was that horrific shooting seven years ago so I think that will also be something to be considered that's NPR's Greg Allen thank you Greg you're welcome

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US Senator Visits Abrego Garcia, Florida State University Shooting, Fed Independence

But some of the FSU students who were evacuated during the shooting yesterday were high school students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland. where there was that horrific shooting seven years ago so I think that will also be something to be considered that's NPR's Greg Allen thank you Greg you're welcome

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

The case is centered on whether Meta's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp violated competition laws. Years before the purchases, Zuckerberg wrote in an internal email, quote, It is better to buy than compete. The FTC says Meta became dominant only after competing unfairly to box out rivals and should be forced to break up Instagram and WhatsApp into separate companies.

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

The case is centered on whether Meta's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp violated competition laws. Years before the purchases, Zuckerberg wrote in an internal email, quote, It is better to buy than compete. The FTC says Meta became dominant only after competing unfairly to box out rivals and should be forced to break up Instagram and WhatsApp into separate companies.

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

Meta says regulators approved the takeover of Instagram and WhatsApp more than a decade ago and that the FTC is punishing Meta for its success. Dozens of witnesses will testify under oath, including Zuckerberg, who is expected to take the stand for seven hours. Zuckerberg has lobbied the Trump administration for the case to be dropped. It was originally filed during Trump's first term.

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

Meta says regulators approved the takeover of Instagram and WhatsApp more than a decade ago and that the FTC is punishing Meta for its success. Dozens of witnesses will testify under oath, including Zuckerberg, who is expected to take the stand for seven hours. Zuckerberg has lobbied the Trump administration for the case to be dropped. It was originally filed during Trump's first term.

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

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NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says Meta acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp two years later as part of a strategy to eliminate competition and maintain monopoly power over the whole social media market. The government says Meta was motivated by a buy or bury strategy, meaning Meta would try to purchase a rival or put them out of business entirely.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says Meta acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp two years later as part of a strategy to eliminate competition and maintain monopoly power over the whole social media market. The government says Meta was motivated by a buy or bury strategy, meaning Meta would try to purchase a rival or put them out of business entirely.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says Meta acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp two years later as part of a strategy to eliminate competition and maintain monopoly power over the whole social media market. The government says Meta was motivated by a buy or bury strategy, meaning Meta would try to purchase a rival or put them out of business entirely.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says this is illegal and the only way to remedy it is for Meta to be broken up. So the FTC is pushing for Instagram and WhatsApp to be spun off in two separate companies. The government says this will allow smaller social media companies to compete for consumers and add dollars and loosen Meta's grip on the industry.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says this is illegal and the only way to remedy it is for Meta to be broken up. So the FTC is pushing for Instagram and WhatsApp to be spun off in two separate companies. The government says this will allow smaller social media companies to compete for consumers and add dollars and loosen Meta's grip on the industry.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

The FTC says this is illegal and the only way to remedy it is for Meta to be broken up. So the FTC is pushing for Instagram and WhatsApp to be spun off in two separate companies. The government says this will allow smaller social media companies to compete for consumers and add dollars and loosen Meta's grip on the industry.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

And as you might imagine, Michelle, Meta is fighting back against this pretty hard.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

And as you might imagine, Michelle, Meta is fighting back against this pretty hard.

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China Tariffs, El Salvador President In DC, Meta Antitrust Trial

And as you might imagine, Michelle, Meta is fighting back against this pretty hard.