State AGs plan to fight court dismissal of their antitrust claims against Facebook

State attorneys general who accused Facebook of illegal monopolization will fight a court’s dismissal of their claims, according to a Wednesday court filing.

AGs from 48 states and territories filed the notice of appeal one month after a judge dismissed their complaint and that of the Federal Trade Commission.

“We filed this notice of appeal because we disagree with the court’s decision and must hold Facebook accountable for stifling competition, reducing innovation, and cutting privacy protections,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led the bipartisan coalition, in a statement Wednesday. “We can no longer allow Facebook to profit off of exploiting consumer data.”

Though the judge gave the FTC, which filed a similar lawsuit against Facebook, another chance to amend and re-file its complaint, he did not provide the same recourse for the state plaintiffs. The judge said the states’ long delay to challenge the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp was unprecedented at that level.

Submitted August 05, 2021 at 01:31AM by WiseHovercraft9 https://ift.tt/3CkD4mG via TikTokTikk