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'Not Quite Nimble Enough': FTC's Antitrust Case Against Meta Took 5 Years to Play Out, a Span When Everything Changed

"The longer the case takes, the more that intervening developments in the sector can disrupt your theory of harm," said Bill Kovacic, a Georgetown law professor who was Federal Trade Commission chair ... Read More

When will the FTC finally quit its antitrust crusade?

The FTC’s continued focus on untested legal frameworks, rather than provable consumer harm, is increasingly hard to square with reality. Read More

FTC gearing up for possible antitrust suit against Facebook, reports say

Several media outlets are reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is gearing up for a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FTC has investigated ... Read More

What Is the Federal Trade Commission?

Created by Congress in 1914, the agency has traditionally been governed by five commissioners — three members of the president’s party and two from another party. The agency’s chair, currently Andrew ... Read More

Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram

Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly ... Read More

Meta Defeats FTC’s Antitrust Case Alleging Social-Media Monopoly

The ruling denies the agency’s attempt to force the Facebook parent to unwind its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions. Read More

Meta wins FTC antitrust suit, will keep Instagram and WhatsApp

A US district judge on Tuesday ruled against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its antitrust lawsuit against social media giant Meta (META). In his ruling, Judge James Boasberg said the FTC failed ... Read More

Judge rejects FTC case, says Meta doesn’t hold social media monopoly

A federal judge rules that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions did not give it monopoly power over social media. The ruling spares the Menlo Park-based company from possible ... Read More

Federal Judge Says Meta is Not a Monopoly, Ending FTC’s Long-running Antitrust Case Against the Social Media Company

A District of Columbia federal judge has ruled that Meta does not have a monopoly in the market for social media in the United States, rejecting ... Read More

Meta wins antitrust suit, won’t have to sell Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta won a major antitrust lawsuit against the federal government on Tuesday, with a judge ruling the company’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp did not grant it a social networking monopoly. The ... Read More