US EditionMeta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
- Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
- The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.
- A federal judge denied Meta's request to drop the FTC's case, which accuses Meta of buying the two social media platforms to crush emerging competition.
- Meta argues the case should be dismissed, claiming it faces competition from apps like TikTok.
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Meta must face FTC antitrust trial over purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp
After several years of back and forth, Meta will face trial in the antitrust case brought on by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. A federal judge denied Meta’s request Wednesday, Nov. 13, to drop the FTC’s case, which accuses Meta of buying the two social media platforms to crush emerging competition in social media. Meta has argued the entire case should be dismissed on grounds that th…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will not escape a lawsuit filed by the regulator Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its dominant position in the social media market, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday....
Meta must face FTC trial that could separate Instagram and WhatsApp
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta must face the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of dominating the social media industry through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, a DC District Court Judge ruled on Wednesday. The FTC filed a lawsuit against Meta in 2020, alleging the company bought up rivals — Instagram and WhatsApp — in an attempt to stifle competition. Judge James Boasberg initially d…
Meta must face trial in FTC antitrust lawsuit, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must face trial in an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the social media giant’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in a one-page order denied Meta’s request to drop the FTC’s case, though the judge did dismiss one portion…
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unn.uaThe plaintiff alleges that the company acquired the apps to stifle competition in the social media market, which was just beginning.
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