FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.

  1. April 03, 2025

    Google, Apple Staff Must Testify In Meta Antitrust Case

    A D.C. federal judge said current and former employees of Google, Apple, TikTok, X Corp., Snap and other tech companies must testify at the Federal Trade Commission's upcoming antitrust trial against Meta Platforms Inc.

  2. March 27, 2025

    Google, Apple Staff Want Out Of Testifying In FTC-Meta Case

    Current and former employees of Google, Apple, TikTok, X Corp., Snap and Epic Games asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to quash subpoenas seeking their live testimony in the Federal Trade Commission's upcoming antitrust trial against Meta Platforms, arguing their taped depositions make the burden of testifying unnecessary.

  3. March 21, 2025

    Meta Defends Need For Current Data In FTC Case

    Meta Platforms Inc. told a D.C. federal court the company should be able to use the most recent data it has during next month's trial in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the Facebook parent company of monopolizing personal social networking.

  4. February 10, 2025

    FTC Can't Get Cap On Meta's Up To 86 Antitrust Trial Witnesses

    A D.C. federal judge refused Monday to limit the number of witnesses in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Meta Platforms, rejecting agency assertions that plans by the Facebook parent company for up to 86 witnesses are "unreasonable."

  5. January 01, 2025

    Google, Meta In The Antitrust Crosshairs For 2025

    The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission enter 2025 with an unusual distinction on the horizon: Both will spend April in D.C. federal court against technology giants as the DOJ seeks to break up Google and the FTC kick-starts a monopolization trial against Meta Platforms.

  6. December 17, 2024

    FTC, Meta Fight Over Monopolization Trial Limits

    Meta Platforms and the FTC are butting heads about how to structure the trial they are hurtling toward in April in D.C. federal court over the agency's monopolization claims, trading barbs Tuesday and trying to make their cases for how they think the multiweek trial should look.

  7. December 09, 2024

    Judge Eyes Far Less Trial Time In Meta Case Than FTC Wants

    The Federal Trade Commission likely has to cram much more trial in much less time than it had planned after a D.C. federal judge suggested Monday that the agency's social media monopolization case against Meta Platforms Inc. can't go much past the first week of June 2025.

  8. November 25, 2024

    FTC's Antitrust Case Against Meta Gets April Trial Date

    A D.C. federal court has set an April 14 trial date for the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

  9. November 13, 2024

    FTC Antitrust Case Against Meta Is Heading To Trial

    A D.C. federal court ruled Wednesday that Meta will have to face trial on the Federal Trade Commission's claims that the Facebook parent company monopolized personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

  10. August 19, 2024

    FTC Pushes To Limit Meta's Merger Defenses

    The Federal Trade Commission continues to push the D.C. federal court overseeing its monopoly suit against Meta to slim down the social media titan's defenses ahead of the trial that the Facebook parent company is still hoping won't happen.