https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/07/05/0137240/zuck-celebrates-1-trillion-valuation-dismissed-antitrust-suits-with-bizarre-flag-waving-instagram-post?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter “Make America weird again,” quipped CNBC, describing Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram post today commemorating America’s national Independence Day holiday MarketWatch explains: Yes, that’s the Facebook Inc. chief executive wakeboarding while holding an American flag to the tune of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

Because: America.

In fairness, Zuckerberg did have reason to celebrate, as the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Facebook was shot down (at least temporarily) last Monday, and a similar suit by [a coalition of 48] state attorneys general was dismissed outright. Facebook’s valuation shot above the $1 trillion mark for the first time following the dismissals, and its shares rose about 4% on the week.

“If the plaintiffs had prevailed in the antitrust lawsuits, Facebook might have been required to divest Instagram and WhatsApp,” notes CNBC.”

Instead, he’s using it to post a picture of himself flying an American flag on a $12,000 electronic surfboard.

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