The US Federal Trade commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Facebook illegally maintains “its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct.” The FTC is asking the court to order Facebook to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram, prohibit anticompetitive conditions on developers and require notice and prior approval of future mergers and acquisitions.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe
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