Facebook, a meta-owned company, is in another trouble as several US states requested an appeals court on Monday to reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against the social media platform. The arguments of a group of US states led by New York have highlighted the ongoing damage from Facebook’s actions. The lawsuit was initially filed against Facebook in 2020, close to the time the US Federal Trade Commission also sued the company. The FTC is still fighting the company and urging the court to order Facebook to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.
metaof Facebook, which is already facing an antitrust lawsuit by the US FTCAnother legal case may soon be fought as a large group of US states led by New York has requested a three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reinstate the suit filed against the company. in 2020. The states do not include Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and South Dakota.
Both the FTC and the state are seeking an order for Facebook to sell instagram And WhatsApp, Instagram was bought by the social media company in 2012 for $ 1 billion (about Rs 8,000 crore), while WhatsApp was bought in 2014 for $ 19 billion (about Rs 1,51,400 crore).
according to Reuters report goodFacebook’s lawyer Aaron Panner argued that the company’s policies regarding third-party apps are well publicized. Judge James Bosberg had earlier dismissed the states’ case in June 2021.
“We believe the district court’s decision to dismiss the states’ complaint is correct, and there is no basis for overturning that decision,” said META spokesman Christopher Asgroe, according to Bloomberg. report good,