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Facebook competition privacy case moves up to US federal court

( January 13, 2021, 16:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A complaint echoing claims by the states and the US Federal Trade Commission that Facebook is a social-media monopoly, filed in a California state court, has been removed to US district court. "When a company like Facebook does not face real competition and establishes a monopoly, it is free to harm consumer welfare. As Facebook has grown through a series of major acquisitions of budding rivals like Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook has inflicted a specific harm on consumers, namely, it has forced them to accept ever worse privacy settings," plaintiff Shari Rosenman said in a complaint that doesn't allege the antitrust laws were broken, but accuses Facebook of violating California's unfair competition law.See attached complaint and associated state court filings....

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