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Facebook gets US FTC, states' antitrust complaints dismissed as judge finds fault with market share, API allegations

By Michael Acton and Max Fillion
  • 28 Jun 2021 17:42
  • 28 Jun 2021 17:42
Facebook today landed a major win against the US Federal Trade Commission and a group of state attorneys general, as a federal judge dismissed landmark twin monopolization complaints against the company.
In a pair of opinions that will intensify an ongoing debate among lawmakers over the need to overhaul antitrust

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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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