Microsoft x Activision may well prove the longest playlist on this channel, as the news simply won't stop.

After the US Federal Trade Commission elected to sue to (try to) stop the deal, seemingly all of the "takes" have come out.

Including, now, a new lawsuit from...Playstation players?

Things just keep getting sillier and sillier.

Let's talk about it...LIVE.

#Microsoft #Activision #Lawsuit

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PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_vBs7Qt9-ROfumOtIrSdP8

INITIAL POST https://twitter.com/postup_bbb/status/1605274379797123091

ARTICLES https://www.reuters.com/legal/video-gamers-sue-microsoft-us-court-stop-activision-takeover-2022-12-20/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64047809.amp https://www.axios.com/2022/12/20/gamers-microsoft-activision-lawsuit

OECD/STANDING https://www.oecd.org/about/ https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/us-submissions-oecd-2010-present-other-international-competition-fora/publicprivate_united_states.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/competition-matters/2016/02/antitrust-violation-vs-injury-fact-distinction-makes-difference

THE LAWSUIT https://www.docdroid.net/0hRsWfg/consumers-complaint-against-ms-abk-pdf

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