The FTC has launched a landmark antitrust trial accusing Meta of illegally monopolizing social media by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to stifle competition. The case could lead to divestitures and ...

Antitrust advocates rejoice at the second decision against the $1.8 trillion behemoth in less than a year. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take ...

The US Department of Justice is now moving on to the remedy phase in the ongoing Google antitrust saga, and it is now looking for ways to change the company's practices. One of the solutions that ...

The Business Council contends the 21st Century Antitrust Act ... to industries already regulated by the federal Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which bans monopolization or attempts at monopolizing ...

But Trump’s gripes with Big Tech have always been about its treatment of him, not about a principled commitment to a robust interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In fact, the president ...

For the FTC to win its monopolization claim, brought under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, it must prove Meta monopolizes the personal social networking market and alleged monopolization ...

It lost the liability phase of this trial resoundingly, with the court finding Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by "willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power." As far as the ...

the Trump FTC now alleges that Meta violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining a personal social networking monopoly by purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp. But investing in software and ...

Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the online technology ad industry, the court said. We are having trouble retrieving the ...

The court found this behavior in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. While the court cleared Google of wrongdoing related to user acquisition practices, it held the company ...