Facebook Hit by New U.S. Antitrust Case as FTC Seeks Do-Over
- Case presents an early test for Biden’s FTC Chair Lina Khan
- Facebook sought to bar Khan from participating in lawsuit
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U.S. antitrust officials refiled their monopoly lawsuit against Facebook Inc., seeking to salvage the landmark case that a judge threw out in June.
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed the new complaint in federal court in Washington, alleging that Facebook violated antitrust laws by buying Instagram and WhatsApp in order to eliminate them as competitors. The FTC is asking the court to unwind the acquisitions, as in the previous complaint.