Facebook Antitrust News Today

Facebook asked a court on Wednesday to dismiss the FTC complaint against it and once again argued Chair Lina Khan should recuse herself.

FTC brings back its Antitrust Lawsuit against Facebook, and it is the same social media monopoly case that the big blue is alleged to practice.

Up until this point, Facebook has largely managed to skirt the EU-wide antitrust investigations that have snagged other tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon.

European Union and British regulators have opened dual antitrust investigations into Facebook to look into whether the company distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data it collects from rival services.

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints “do not credibly claim" that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December by the Fede...