US Competition Authorities (FTC) filed a new complaint against Facebook in which they accuse the social media giant of abuse of a dominant position, after a first judicial attempt rejected by a magistrate in June.
The initial lawsuit for anti-competitive practices, filed in December, threatened the Californian group with having to separate itself from Instagram and WhatsApp, but Judge James Boeasberg estimated that elements were missing. “concrete about the real power of Facebook“.
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The revised complaint provides more details on the mechanisms used by the firm to outperform the competition, particularly in the early 2010s, when the mobile internet market began to expand.
“Facebook lacked the technical skills and talents to survive the transition to the mobile internet“Holly Vedova, Acting Director of the FTC’s Competition Division, was quoted as saying in a statement.
“After failing to compete against new innovators, Facebook bought them illegally or buried them when their popularity became an existential threat.“he added, referring to the application Instagram and the message system WhatsApp.
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As of June 30, about 3.5 billion people in the world they resorted every month to at least one of the four networks and messaging of the Californian group, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.
“We reviewed the amended FTC file and will discuss further details soon“Facebook reacted on Twitter.
The judge gave the FTC 30 days to file new susceptible elements to allow the lawsuit to continue.
Facebook has until October 4 to respond to the FTC’s amended complaint, which in turn can argue until November 17, while the company can respond again until December 1.
The lawsuit was initiated last December in federal court by the FTC and prosecutors from 48 states.
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Judge James Boeasberg also rejected the submission of the statements on the grounds that it is too late in relation to purchases from Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.
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AFP
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