Explained: The antitrust suit against Facebook
The US government and 48 states and territories have sued Facebook for illegally crushing competition, and are seeking to break up the company by overturning its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:44:13 am
Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. (Reuters Photo: Eric Gaillard)
Two lawsuits filed by the United States federal government and governments of 48 US states and territories have put under the scanner the acquisition by Facebook of Instagram and WhatsApp – and therefore, the present structure of the giant social media company.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s
lawsuit accused Facebook of eliminating competition with the acquisitions even though the FTC itself had approved the deals.
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WASHINGTON: US federal and state antitrust enforcers filed suit against Facebook claiming the social media giant abused its dominant position and seeking to unwind its acquisitions of messaging services Instagram and WhatsApp.