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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.
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1:20-cv-03590
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Axinn Veltrop
- Carter Ledyard
- Clifford Chance
- Cravath Swaine
- Davis Polk
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Freshfields
- Greenberg Traurig
- Kellogg Hansen
- Kendall Brill
- Lewis & Llewellyn
- Maier & Maier
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McGuireWoods
- Milbank LLP
- MoloLamken
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Perkins Coie
- Ropes & Gray
- Rule Garza
- Sheppard Mullin
- Skadden Arps
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Vinson & Elkins
- Williams & Connolly
- WilmerHale
- Wilson Sonsini
Companies
- Alphabet Inc.
- Apple Inc.
- Automattic Inc.
- Discord Inc.
- Epic Games Inc.
- LinkedIn Corp.
- Match Group LLC
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Oracle Corp.
- Pinterest Inc.
- Quora Inc.
- Sequoia Capital Operations LLC
- Snap Inc.
- TikTok Inc.
- Twitter Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
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May 20, 2025
Judge Denies Meta's Mid-Trial Bid To End FTC Monopoly Case
A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to cut short the trial in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., not finding the clear evidentiary failure necessary to nix the government's case over the company's purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
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May 15, 2025
TikTok's Friends Features 'Set Off Alarm Bells' At Facebook
The head of Facebook echoed the testimony of other Meta Platforms Inc. executives who've described TikTok as their chief competitor on Thursday, pushing back against Federal Trade Commission monopolization claims by arguing in D.C. federal court that both social media giants have responded to competition from the other.
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May 14, 2025
Connecting With Friends Becoming 'Secondary,' FB Head Says
The head of Facebook acknowledged in D.C. federal court Wednesday that Meta Platforms Inc.'s original application remains focused heavily on sharing with friends, but, despite Federal Trade Commission claims it's monopolized that business, said social media has evolved so much that those connections are no longer the platform's "main character."
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May 08, 2025
Instagram Head Says App 'Blends' Friends And Entertainment
The head of Instagram didn't shy away Thursday from Federal Trade Commission arguments about how Meta functions as a social media platform, testifying in D.C. federal court that sharing with friends and family is a key function, but part of a blended approach also focused on entertainment.
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May 05, 2025
FB Exec Saw Messaging Apps As Threat, But Not WhatsApp
A former top Meta executive for Facebook Messenger and Instagram provided limited backing Monday for Federal Trade Commission allegations the company bought WhatsApp and Instagram to squelch competition, telling a D.C. federal judge that while he saw messaging apps as a real threat, those worries didn't include WhatsApp.
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April 30, 2025
TikTok Exec Calls Facebook, Instagram 'Complements'
A TikTok executive said Wednesday that his company views Facebook and Instagram as "complements" to the Chinese-owned short-form video platform rather than direct competitors playing in the same market, in testimony that largely supported the Federal Trade Commission's claim that Meta dominates personal social networking services.
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April 28, 2025
Exec 'Can't Believe' X Offers Itself As Place For Friends
The Federal Trade Commission pressed executives and former leaders from X Corp., Strava, Pinterest and Reddit on Monday for all the things that distinguish their services from Meta Platforms Inc., painting Facebook and Instagram in D.C. federal court as effectively the only place to really connect with friends and family to show the social media giant's alleged monopoly.
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April 22, 2025
Instagram Founder Says Meta 'Starved' Co. After Acquisition
During testimony in the Federal Trade Commission's monopoly case against Meta on Tuesday, the founder of Instagram said his company was "starved" after being acquired by Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg grappled with "a lot of emotion" over Instagram siphoning users away from its parent company's flagship platform.
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April 17, 2025
Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case
Meta Platforms' former longtime board member and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg pushed back Thursday on crucial Federal Trade Commission arguments trying to shape the market the social media giant is accused of monopolizing, criticizing a friends and family definition the FTC is using to exclude TikTok as a competitor.
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April 16, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.