In Washington
To prevent Facebook from swallowing up all the young shoots that could one day weaken its dominant position, the American authorities are ready to dismantle the empire built by Mark Zuckerberg.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the antitrust authority, dares to cite Facebook's forced resale of WhatsApp and Instagram as a solution to the problem the seriousness of which, after years of denial, it finally recognizes.
Facebook's serial acquisitions are sucking up innovative companies and destroying potential competitors.
Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, doesn't mince words:
“Facebook is using its vast resources of data and money to crush or hamper what the company perceived to be potential threats… They have reduced consumer choice, they have stifled innovation and they have degraded the protection of life deprived of millions of Americans. "
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This marks a significant turnaround, because it is indeed the same FTC
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