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Meta asks US court to disallow FTC market definition at monopoly trial

By Clayton Vickers, Khushita Vasant and Chris May ( February 25, 2025, 01:53 GMT | Insight) -- Meta told a US court that the US Federal Trade Commission should not be allowed to introduce at an upcoming trial a new antitrust theory that states that Meta is a monopolist because it can raise price, restrict output, or reduce quality. The FTC also should not be permitted to offer argument or evidence that Meta didn’t cooperate fully with the agency’s review of the Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions in 2012 and 2014 respectively, the company said in multiple motions in limine.Meta told a US court that the US Federal Trade Commission should not be allowed to introduce at an upcoming trial a new antitrust theory that states that Meta is a monopolist because it can raise price, restrict output, or reduce quality....

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