California Joins Multi-State Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook For Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions

Venice CA

09 December, 2020

3:59 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles December 9, 2020 at 12:08 pm SACRAMENTO (CBSLA/AP) – California is joining the U.S. government and 48 states and districts in a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. Federal regulators asked Wednesday for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra confirmed the state would be part of the litigation. Read more at CBS Los Angeles