Facebook owner meta platform should be put on trial Federal Trade Commission Litigation It is seeking to break up the alleged takeover. Instagram and WhatsApp outperform emerging competitors On social media, a Washington judge issued his ruling Wednesday.
Judge James Boasberg loudly denied it. Mehta’s motion to close the case This is a lawsuit filed against Facebook in 2020 during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on the social network.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, known as Facebook at the time, Overpaying for Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 The FTC argues that it wants to eliminate early threats rather than compete on its own in the mobile ecosystem.
The judge largely denied Mehta’s request to end a lawsuit it filed against Facebook in 2020, claiming the company acted illegally to maintain its monopoly on the social network. Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in 2019, above. Reuters
Boasberg acknowledged the claims but dismissed the FTC’s contention that Facebook has tightened its grip by restricting third-party app developers’ access to its platform unless they agree not to compete with its core services.
“We are confident that the evidence at trial will show that the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp was good for competition and good for consumers,” Mehta said Wednesday.
FTC spokesman Douglas Farrar said the case, filed under the Trump administration and improved upon under Biden, “represents a bipartisan effort to reduce Meta’s monopoly power and restore competition to ensure freedom and innovation in the social media ecosystem.” said.
At trial, Meta will not be allowed to argue that the WhatsApp acquisition promoted competition by strengthening its position against Apple and Google, Boasberg ruled.
The judge said he would issue a detailed order on Wednesday after the FTC and Meta have had a chance to redact sensitive commercial information.
A trial date has not been set for the case.
The case is one of five blockbuster lawsuits in which antitrust regulators from the FTC and the Justice Department are pursuing big tech companies. FTC Chair Lina Khan above. getty images
Mehta urged the judge to dismiss the entire case, saying it relied on an overly narrow view of the social media market and failed to take into account competition from ByteDance’s TikTok, Google’s YouTube, X and Microsoft’s LinkedIn.
The case is one of five blockbuster lawsuits in which antitrust regulators from the FTC and the Justice Department are pursuing big tech companies.
Amazon and apologize Both have been sued, and Alphabet’s Google is facing two lawsuits, including one that a judge recently ruled on. unlawfully interferes with competition between online search engines;.
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