Facebook is reportedly prepping an antitrust lawsuit against Apple focused on its App Store rules (AAPL, FB)
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The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly working on an antitrust lawsuit that it could potentially bring against Facebook (FB)
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Mark Zuckerberg viewed Instagram as a threat that could hurt Facebook's business before buying it, internal emails show (FB)
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Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai are reportedly willing to testify before Congress over antitrust concerns on the condition that Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook testify as well (GOOGL, FB)
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Facebook is rebranding Instagram and WhatsApp as 'Instagram from Facebook' and 'WhatsApp from Facebook' (FB)
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The Department of Justice just launched a broad probe into whether big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, and others illegally harm competition (APPL, GOOG, AMZN, FB)
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40% of Americans support antitrust action against Facebook after a cofounder called for it to be broken up (FB)
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Facebook reportedly offered to help another company build a rival social network to fight off an antitrust lawsuit (FB)
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The FTC has reportedly interviewed Mark Zuckerberg in an antitrust investigation — one year after it fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations (FB)
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Mark Zuckerberg will tell Congress that Facebook's acquisitions are good for competition, according to a copy of his prepared remarks (FB)
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Facebook is on an unrelenting startup shopping spree that's practically daring antitrust regulators to try and stop it (FB)
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US regulators are talking to founders of companies Facebook acquired as part of the government's new antitrust probe (FB)
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A top DOJ official just outlined why the agency has everything it needs to go after Big Tech — and Facebook, Google, and Amazon should be nervous (AAPL, GOOGL, FB, AMZN)
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Facebook is building out its team of antitrust experts as one of its cofounders calls for it to be broken up (FB)
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Experts say the antitrust suits against Facebook may not change anything, but they're still a 'big deal' and signal that the US government will no longer look the other way (FB)
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Mark Zuckerberg wrote to his top lieutenants about the benefits of 'cloning' rivals after meeting with Chinese entrepreneurs in 2012 — read the full memo (FB)
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A highly anticipated antitrust hearing featuring the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google will likely be postponed, sources say (AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL, FB)
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Facebook slides after state-led antitrust probe ramps up to include 47 attorneys general (FB)
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Here's how the DOJ's inquiry into Google, Facebook, and Amazon could lead to further scrutiny of tech giants (GOOGL, AMZN, FB)
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Two key players of the Microsoft antitrust trial 20 years ago explain why its lessons will be critical to regulating Google, Amazon, and Facebook (MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, FB, GOOGL)
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Facebook hired a top State Department lawyer to be its new general counsel (FB)
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Facebook tried and failed multiple times to acquire a mystery competitor that wasn't Twitter or Snapchat, according to the FTC's new lawsuit (FB)
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Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that Facebook is not a monopoly. But in 2012, it boasted that it held '95% of all social media in the US.' (FB)
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The FTC is reportedly considering deposing Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg in its antitrust investigation into Facebook (FB)
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Facebook slides after states launch new antitrust probe, intensifying scrutiny on big tech (FB)
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Facebook says the FTC is officially investigating it over antitrust concerns (FB)
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The FTC will reportedly have oversight over a potential Facebook probe, and it could signal a tidal wave of tech antitrust action (FB)
