Meta asks judge to toss FTC antitrust case

Published May 16, 2025 12:41pm ET



Facebook’s parent company, Meta, asked a federal judge to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against it.

Meta claimed that the FTC failed to prove during the trial that the company violated antitrust laws and that acquiring both Instagram and WhatsApp was anticompetitive. The FTC opened its case against Meta in 2020 under President Donald Trump, arguing it operated an illegal monopoly.

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