FTC and state AGs seek Facebook breakup in monopolisation suits

Ben Remaly

10 December 2020

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Facebook illegally maintained its monopoly power over personal social network services through anticompetitive mergers and exclusionary conduct, the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state enforcers said in separate lawsuits filed on Wednesday.

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FTC and state AGs seek Facebook breakup in monopolisation suits

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