Facebook owner 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, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -     Facebook owner 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, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON : Facebook owner 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, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday.The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during

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Meta overpaid for Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate nascent threats instead of competing on its own in the mobile ecosystem, the FTC claims.

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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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Meta to face trial in antitrust case over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions

Meta, Instagram ve Whatsapp'ı satın almasıyla ilgili antitröst davasında yargılanacak

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By Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) –     Facebook owner 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, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday. The FTC sued Meta’s Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly. Meta,…

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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, la société mère de Facebook, Instagram et WhatsApp, n'échappera pas à un procès intenté par le régulateur Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pour sa position dominante sur le marché des réseaux sociaux, a statué mercredi un juge de Washington. ...

Meta fera l'objet d'un procès qui pourrait conduire à la scission du groupe

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Meta will be the subject of a lawsuit that could lead to the division of the group

The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.

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The authority accuses the Internet group of having paid an excessive price for the takeovers in order to buy emerging competition from the market and defend its monopoly on online networks. According to Meta, the FTC has too limited a view of the market and neglects competition from platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Twitter's successor X or LinkedIn. Four other antitrust lawsuits are pending against large technology companies in the USA. The on…

Die Behörde wirft dem Internet-Konzern vor, bei den Übernahmen einen überhöhten Preis gezahlt zu haben, um aufkommende Konkurrenz vom Markt zu kaufen und sein Monopol bei Online-Netzwerken zu verteidigen.Meta zufolge hat die FTC eine zu eingeschränkte Sicht des Marktes und vernachlässigt die Konkurrenz durch Plattformen wie YouTube, TikTok, den Twitter-Nachfolger X oder LinkedIn.In den USA laufen vier weitere Kartellklagen gegen große Technologi…

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