Technology is fast and the courts are slowA US judge ruled Meta did not illegally crush competition when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp, pointing to rising rivals like TikTok and ...
19 Nov, 2025, 10.27 AM IST
Meta did not violate antitrust law, judge rulesA federal judge ruled Tuesday that Meta did not illegally monopolize the social networking market by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp. The ...
19 Nov, 2025, 08.33 AM IST
Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnershipsUnlike an acquisition or a transaction that would give Meta a controlling stake, the deal does not require a review by US antitrust regulat...
14 Jun, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
On the stand, Zuckerberg says TikTok is a major competitive threatMark Zuckerberg testified for a third day in an antitrust trial, calling TikTok a major threat to Meta. The FTC accuses Meta of buying Inst...
16 Apr, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
US argues Meta built a social media monopolyThe FTC has launched a landmark antitrust trial accusing Meta of illegally monopolizing social media by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to...
15 Apr, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
US prepares to challenge Meta's social media dominanceMeta has countered that it faces ample competition in social media from TikTok, Snap, Reddit and LinkedIn, and that regulators approved the...
14 Apr, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
Donald Trump admin to press ahead with Amazon, Meta antitrust casesIn an interview with FOX Business, newly appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson confirmed that ongoing cases agains...
21 Feb, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
NCLAT stays CCI order on WhatsApp-Meta data sharing banAn Indian appeals tribunal on Thursday put on hold the antitrust authority's five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and Meta for adver...
23 Jan, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
India's competition regulator imposes $25.4 million fine on MetaIndia's competition watchdog imposed a monetary penalty of 2.14 billion rupees ($25.4 million) on Meta on Monday over antitrust violations ...
18 Nov, 2024, 09.56 PM IST
Explained: Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines?The United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. Antitrust laws origin...
24 Jan, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
Meta loses as top EU court backs antitrust regulators over privacy breach checksAntitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, Europe's top cou...
04 Jul, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Meta defeats photo app's antitrust case in US courtUS District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in Brooklyn, New York, federal court said in her 67-page order that Phhhoto Inc had failed to timely bring...
31 Mar, 2023, 09.01 AM IST
Law firms in Meta antitrust lawsuit clash over lead roleThe underlying case involves class claims from consumers and advertisers that Facebook exploited user data to maintain its market power. Th...
07 Feb, 2023, 04.22 PM IST
EU Commission warns Meta over Facebook Marketplace antitrust breachThe Commission said in a preliminary view that it would further investigate and that it could impose a fine of up to 10% of the company's a...
20 Dec, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
German antitrust watchdog may assess Meta's privacy obligations, court adviser saysA competition authority may, in exercising its powers, take account of the compatibility of a commercial practice with the General Data Pro...
20 Sep, 2022, 02.22 PM IST
FTC agrees to remove Mark Zuckerberg as defendant in antitrust suitIn June, the FTC filed its complaint with U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to prevent Meta and Zuckerberg from a...
24 Aug, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
Big Tech, through a scanner wiselyThe CCI has been adapting to the changes in the technology environment. Competition law needs to keep pace with digital business.
29 Apr, 2022, 11.04 PM IST