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A federal judge has thrown out lawsuits filed against Facebook by federal and state officials alleging monopolistic practices on the part of the tech giant.
Judge James E. Boasberg on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, June 28, dismissed two lawsuits filed against Facebook — one by the Federal Trade Commission, and another filed separately by attorneys general of 46 states, the territory of Guam and the District of Columbia.
In Boasberg’s order on the FTC case, he said federal enforcers failed to properly demonstrate that Facebook has monopoly power in social media.
“These allegations — which do not even provide an estimated actual figure or range for Facebook’s market share at any point over the past ten years — ultimately fall short of plausibly establishing that Facebook holds market power,” Boasberg said, per The Washington Post.
While the FTC’s complaint was dismissed, the case remains alive, for now — Boasberg said in his order the FTC has 30 days to file a new complaint.
The attorney generals’ lawsuit claimed Facebook pursued a systemic strategy in going after competition, and pointed to the company’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp in the last decade.
In dismissing their lawsuit, Boasberg noted Facebook purchased those companies in 2012 and 2014, respectively — long before the lawsuits were filed.
“The court is aware of no case, and plaintiffs provide none, where such a long delay in seeking such a consequential remedy has been countenanced in a case brought by a plaintiff other than the federal government, against which laches does not apply and to which the federal antitrust laws grant unique authority as sovereign law enforcer,” the order said, according to Law360. “If laches is to mean anything, it must apply on these facts, even in a suit brought by states.”
The news sent Facebook’s stock up by 4.2%, according to The New York Times.
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49 thoughts onBREAKING: Federal Judge Throws Out Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook
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I and a number of my friends got rid of FECES-BOOK because they have been not only snooping into your private life emails, communications etc….but they sell every bit of data they can make a dime on. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT HERE…..they build profiles on you (Just like Gulag-Google) and sell this info to everybody and anybody. But YOU and ME don’t see one dime.
On top of this spying on us, they also have moderators (commie/socialist/fascist) who routinely ban your comments because they don’t “like” the tone of your writings. Total NAZILIKE behavior. Sick of these clowns.
Please add me. Mark Zuckerberg can’t get away with what he’s done
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Add me, too. This lawsuit dismissal is criminal in itself. Too many Judges today rule from their own heart or according to favors and bribes and I cannot help but believe this is one of them. Of course, this case should have gone through! This is outrageous and very disappointing. This so-called judge should be removed. Pathetic.
Please add me. Facebook is a bunch of criminals
Sounds like Facebook can get away with more now that it kind of works for the government. They report their users directly to the government and censor comments! They also push political agendas not really social media anymore….more like a joke.