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Federal Trade Commission V. Facebook
''Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc.'' (formerly ''Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook, Inc.'') is an ongoing United States antitrust law, antitrust court case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms, Meta. Filed in conjunction with 46 states, the lawsuit alleges that Meta has accumulated Monopoly, monopoly power via Anti-competitive practices, anti-competitive mergers, with the suit centering on the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Background and initial filing The case centers on Meta acquisition of Facebook's two former competitors—Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC alleges that Meta holds monopolistic power in the US Social networking service, social networking market and seeks to force the company to divest from Instagram and WhatsApp to break up the conglomerate. The Federal Trade Commission said that Meta's actions prevent consumers from enjoying the benefits of competition. On December 8, 2020, the ...
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United States District Court For The District Of Columbia
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a United States district court, federal district court in the District of Columbia. It also occasionally handles (jointly with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa) federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or United States territorial court, territorial court.https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-1124T U.S. Government Accountability Office. AMERICAN SAMOA: Issues Associated with Some Federal Court Options. September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2019. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (except for patent claims, and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Federal Circuit). the United States Attorney ...
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