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Comment: In Facebook case, US FTC has narrow path forward, but states may be at the end of the road

By Michael Acton and Max Fillion
  • 28 Jun 2021 18:27
  • 28 Jun 2021 20:31
Down, but not out. That’s where the US Federal Trade Commission finds itself today, after a judge threw its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook out of court. For the states, the outlook is worse.
The FTC can still pursue its legal bid at the US District Court for the District of

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Michael Acton

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Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

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