The federal government sues Facebook—again—after the court struck down the first lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission filed an amended complaint against Facebook Thursday alleging the social media giant is a monopoly that has violated federal antitrust rules, after the court previously struck down the FTC’s first complaint against Facebook in June for not providing sufficient evidence to back up its case....
the social media company went on an “anticompetitive spending spree” with its acquisition of competitors like Instagram and WhatsApp and imposed allegedly “anticompetitive restrictions” on app developers that used Facebook to keep them from threatening Facebook’s dominance.Facebook in December 2020 over its allegedly anticompetitive practices, along with 48 state attorneys general who filed their own separate lawsuit.
Facebook said in a statement Thursday it’s “unfortunate...the FTC has chosen to continue this meritless lawsuit,” arguing there was “no valid claim” to say “Facebook was a monopolist” when the case was first dismissed “and that has not changed.
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