1/12/2022- 8:07 p.m.
US Federal Trade Commission given green light to take Meta to court over anti-trust rules
The regulator is attempting to force Meta, formally Facebook, sell off its applications WhatsApp and Instagram to break up the company’s social media market monopoly. (BBC)
The FTC claims that Facebook bought up its rivals applications to eliminate competition and absorb the whole market giving itself a monopoly.
Meta has asked the case against be thrown out of court saying the chair of the FTC is biased against the company as she has publicly criticized the company.
