The FTC isn’t happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs::The Federal Trade Commission is still looking to reverse Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now, it’s telling on Microsoft after massive layoffs.

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    10 months ago

    Microsoft lawyer Rakesh Kilaru wrote that Microsoft was already considering layoffs before the merger.

    Corporate gaslighting at it’s finest. we planned to layoff ~1000 employees from the company we were acquiring before we agreed not to do that!

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      10 months ago

      FTC is doing its job and has been fighting this from the beginning. Need the courts to do their job and side with the FTC.

  • Rinsed
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    10 months ago

    FTC wants to do things but is entirely toothless. More news at 11.