{"id":21778,"date":"2020-12-09T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/?post_type=press_release&p=21778"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T16:31:11","slug":"ftc-state-ag-antitrust-suits-against-facebook-mark-next-step-towards-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/ftc-state-ag-antitrust-suits-against-facebook-mark-next-step-towards-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC, State AG Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Mark Next Step Towards Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and<\/span> 48 <\/span>state attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The suits focus on how Facebook has bought out competitors and potential competitors to stifle competition, as well as how Facebook has withheld access to its network anticompetitively. The suits follow three years of <\/span>Public Knowledge advocacy<\/span><\/a> on the competition challenges posed by dominant digital platforms like Facebook, including most recently our <\/span>letters<\/span><\/a> urging the FTC, Department of Justice, and state attorneys general to review Facebook\u2019s conduct for anticompetitive behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following can be attributed to Charlotte Slaiman, Competition Policy Director at Public Knowledge:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese lawsuits mark a huge step towards reining in the power of dominant digital platforms. For too long, our country and our world have been unwilling participants in Facebook\u2019s \u2018move fast and break things\u2019 experiment. Without competition, users, news organizations, rival apps, and others have been locked into the Facebook network. Now we see that the FTC and multiple state attorneys general obtained evidence that Facebook used that network power anticompetitively and outright purchased companies that might have overtaken Facebook\u2019s powerful market position.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s antitrust suits demonstrate both the evidence and bipartisan appetite for powerful action to tackle these problems. Resolving the issues caused by years of Facebook\u2019s anticompetitive behavior and abuse of power will take both time and effort from not just antitrust enforcers, but also from Congress — and <\/span>all of us<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI commend the FTC and the state attorneys general for this step forward. As we move towards making real competition against Facebook possible, we must make it our goal that Facebook be made to compete on the quality of its product, instead of locking users in because of the size of its social network.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You may view both the <\/span>FTC<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>state attorneys general<\/span><\/a> lawsuits. You may also view our <\/span>recent letters<\/span><\/a> urging the <\/span>FTC<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>DOJ<\/span><\/a> to review Facebook\u2019s conduct for anticompetitive behavior for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The suits focus on how Facebook has bought out competitors and potential competitors to stifle competition, as well as how Facebook has withheld access to its network anticompetitively. 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