Meta asks judge to rule that FTC failed to prove its monopoly caseAt the trial, which began on April 14 in Washington, the FTC has sought to show that Meta, then known as Facebook, illegally dominated the ...
ETtech Explainer: Why the US government wants to break up MetaBack in 2020, the FTC sued Meta (then known as Facebook), arguing that it had illegally maintained monopoly power by acquiring competitors ...
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...
Mark Zuckerberg takes stand to defend Meta against antitrust suitMark Zuckerberg, who is expected to resume testimony Tuesday, was the first witness in the trial, Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platform...
Meta pushes back on US FTC's bid to amend 2020 privacy settlementMeta disclosed the bugs in July 2019, the Facebook-parent said in a filing on Thursday, adding it had spent $5.5 billion on its privacy pro...
Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court saysThe Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its order found that Meta had not shown its challenge was likely t...
US judge to hear Meta privacy dispute with FTC next monthThe agency proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement, that had forced Facebook, which became Meta in 2021, to pay a $5 billion penalty.
Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy caseThe dispute stretches back to May, when the FTC proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement to prohibit Meta from making money off young u...
Meta will appeal US judge's ruling in privacy fight with FTCThe fight is largely over whether an FTC judge or a district judge will decide whether the FTC can unilaterally tighten an earlier consent ...
Meta-FTC privacy lawsuit: US federal judge rules against social media giantThe FTC proposed changing a settlement reached in 2019 which required Facebook to pay $5 billion. The FTC said it would tighten that to bar...
Meta, US government spar in court over toughened privacy orderLawyers for Meta , which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and the U.S. government tangled on Tuesday over the U.S. Federal Trade Comm...
EBay slams 'alarming' Meta subpoena in FTC monopoly caseEBay's lawyers said in a filing in the San Francisco federal court that Meta is demanding confidential business information about eBay's pr...
US formally ends fight against Meta's purchase of VR content maker Within UnlimitedThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which lost a fight in court to block the acquisition, said in a filing that it has decided to formally ...
Meta wins court battle to acquire VR company WithinThe FTC in July last year sought to block virtual reality giant Meta and Zuckerberg from acquiring Within as Meta is already a key player a...
US judge denies FTC request to stop Meta from acquiring VR firm WithinJudge Edward Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the FTC had failed to show that Meta would have e...
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...
US sues to stop Facebook from buying WithinThe FTC, which voted 3-2 to approve the request to seek an injunction, argued that the acquisition of Within by Facebook would "tend to cre...