FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.

  1. January 01, 2025

    Google, Meta In The Antitrust Crosshairs For 2025

    The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission enter 2025 with an unusual distinction on the horizon: Both will spend April in D.C. federal court against technology giants as the DOJ seeks to break up Google and the FTC kick-starts a monopolization trial against Meta Platforms.

  2. December 17, 2024

    FTC, Meta Fight Over Monopolization Trial Limits

    Meta Platforms and the FTC are butting heads about how to structure the trial they are hurtling toward in April in D.C. federal court over the agency's monopolization claims, trading barbs Tuesday and trying to make their cases for how they think the multiweek trial should look.

  3. December 09, 2024

    Judge Eyes Far Less Trial Time In Meta Case Than FTC Wants

    The Federal Trade Commission likely has to cram much more trial in much less time than it had planned after a D.C. federal judge suggested Monday that the agency's social media monopolization case against Meta Platforms Inc. can't go much past the first week of June 2025.

  4. November 25, 2024

    FTC's Antitrust Case Against Meta Gets April Trial Date

    A D.C. federal court has set an April 14 trial date for the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

  5. November 13, 2024

    FTC Antitrust Case Against Meta Is Heading To Trial

    A D.C. federal court ruled Wednesday that Meta will have to face trial on the Federal Trade Commission's claims that the Facebook parent company monopolized personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

  6. August 19, 2024

    FTC Pushes To Limit Meta's Merger Defenses

    The Federal Trade Commission continues to push the D.C. federal court overseeing its monopoly suit against Meta to slim down the social media titan's defenses ahead of the trial that the Facebook parent company is still hoping won't happen.

  7. June 05, 2024

    Meta Can't Dodge Trial In Monopoly Suit, FTC Says

    The Federal Trade Commission said "voluminous evidence" cuts against Meta's bid to avoid trial over claims the social media giant illegally entrenched its monopoly in the market for personal social networking by acquiring WhatsApp and Instagram.

  8. April 05, 2024

    Meta Looks To Nix FTC's Antitrust Case Over Acquisitions

    Meta Platforms urged a D.C. federal court on Friday to toss the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against it, saying the agency has found no evidence showing its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp hurt competition or consumers.

  9. February 22, 2024

    FTC Eyes 2024 Trial For Meta Antitrust Case

    The Federal Trade Commission told a D.C. federal court its case accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of monopolizing the personal social networking market could be ready for trial later this year, despite the company saying the case is too complex to start that soon.

  10. May 15, 2023

    FTC Ordered To Produce Info 'Fundamental' To Meta Case

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered the Federal Trade Commission to hand over materials supporting the agency's contention that consumers would have benefited had Meta never acquired WhatsApp and Instagram, rejecting agency assertions that expert witnesses will spell out which improvements Meta allegedly blocked.

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