Meta defeats user antitrust case as US judge grants summary judgment
By Alex Wilts ( September 30, 2025, 00:14 GMT | Insight) -- Meta has demonstrated that Facebook users who sued the company for alleged illegal monopolization “cannot prove the essential element of antitrust injury at trial,” a California federal judge said in granting summary judgment in favor of the social network-owning behemoth.Meta has demonstrated that Facebook users who sued the company for alleged illegal monopolization “cannot prove the essential element of antitrust injury at trial,” a California federal judge said Monday in granting summary judgment in favor of the social network behemoth....
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