Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In Cuba, noises from the Movimento San Isidro are growing louder.

The pro-democracy movement started with scholars and artists.

Now that it's absorbing other protest groups with other agendas,

there seems to be a glimmer of hope for change.

And, given that Europe's ski resorts were so central to the spread of the coronavirus earlier in the year,

you'd think a coordinated decision to shut them this season would be uncontroversial.

The fact that it isn't tells you a lot about European cooperation.

But first... No company.

No company should have this much unchecked power

over our personal information and our social interactions.

American authorities pushback against big tech firms sharpened yesterday with two lawsuits

against Facebook, one filed by the Federal Trade Commission and another by the Attorney's

General of 48 states and territories. Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who led the

state's investigation, called on the courts to halt the

social media giant's anti-competitive conduct.

Today, we are sending a clear and a strong message to Facebook in every other company

that any efforts to stifle competition and hurt small businesses, reduce innovation and

creativity,

or cut privacy protections, will be met with the full force of our offices.

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