US Justice rejects lawsuits against Facebook
Judge James Boasberg considered that the State and the coalition made up of 46 countries, which sued the Social Network, did not have a solid case to continue the complaint
This Monday, June 28, a United States judge refuted the two accusations that Facebook was facing for alleged monopolistic practices. Judge James Boasberg determined that there was insufficient evidence to continue to accuse the company of abusing its market power.
Judge Boasberg, in his brief, states that the lawsuit filed by the government and the coalition did not have the arguments that will determine the action against what is established by law by the technology company.
However, the accusing party will have thirty days to modify the claim and present it again to the judge, if it considers it pertinent.
As it will be recalled, last December 2020, the president of the United States Republic for that moment, Donald Trump, through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition made up of 46 states, accused formally to the tech company Facebook for violating antitrust laws.
If the federal and fiscal regulators of the states that made up the coalition can verify the monopolistic practices of the social network, the court could force Mark Zuckerberg to sell the other two social networks: Instagram and WhatsApp.
M. Rodríguez
Source: prensalibre.com
