Facebook violated antitrust laws by buying Instagram and WhatsApp in order to eliminate them as competitors, according to a new FTC lawsuit.
from participating in the case, arguing that her academic writing about the company and her work on the House antitrust panel, which investigated Facebook and other tech platforms, showed she is biased.
“As the case will be prosecuted before a federal judge, the appropriate constitutional due process protections will be provided to the company,” the FTC said. Supporters of the Facebook lawsuit said Boasberg’s decision illustrated the legal barriers the government faces in bringing monopoly cases. Advocates for reform say court decisions over decades have effectively allowed dominant companies to engage in anticompetitive tactics and that Congress must give enforcers new authority.
The FTC said the new complaint provides fresh details showing that Facebook had dominant market shares in the U.S. personal social networking market and evidence to show Facebook has the power to exclude competition and significantly reduce the quality of its product without losing a significant number of users.Boasberg also narrowed the FTC’s case.
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