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FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust decisionThe FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta Platforms Inc. has "illegally maintained a monopoly" in social netwo...
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 ...
Does Meta have a social media monopoly? Here's what the US has arguedDuring the first half of the trial in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the government grilled Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's ch...
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 ...
US FTC sues Uber over allegedly deceptive practices in subscription serviceThe US Federal Trade Commission has sued Uber, alleging it enrolled customers in its Uber One subscription without consent and made cancell...
Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it's just one of many antitrust battles against big techBig Tech firms including Google, Meta, Apple, and Amazon are facing major antitrust lawsuits in the US. Accused of monopolistic practices, ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in antitrust caseThe FTC contends Meta has used a monopoly in its technology that facilitates connecting with friends and family to generate enormous profit...
Mark Zuckerberg offered $1 billion to settle FTC antitrust case: ReportThe agency is pursuing a break-up of Meta, alleging that the $1.4 trillion company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were anti-compe...
At US antitrust trial, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because it was 'better'The acknowledgement appeared to bolster allegations by US antitrust enforcers that Meta had used a "buy or bury" strategy to snap up potent...
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 faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsAppThe looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump's Federal Trade Commission's ability to challenge Big Tech...
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...
Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitionsThis lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission is because of the claim that the social media apps were brought about in order to quell any...
US antitrust case against Google is just the startUnder the Trump administration, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission started investigating Amazon, Apple, Google and Met...
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...
FTC files shorter complaint against Meta over Within acquisitionThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had filed a lawsuit in July saying that Meta's acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc would "tend to create...
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...
Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly caseUS District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's revised antitrust complai...