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Facebook Moves to Dismiss FTC, State Antitrust Lawsuits

Antitrust lawsuits against Facebook filed by the FTC and state attorneys general are “legally deficient” and lack allegations of harm to competition or consumers, the company said Wednesday in motions to dismiss. People use TikTok, iMessage, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube…

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and other apps to connect, the company said in a statement. “Facebook competes with all of those services for people’s time and attention every day.” New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said in a statement that “Facebook is wrong on the law and wrong on our complaint. We are confident in our case, which is why almost every state in this nation has joined our bipartisan lawsuit to end Facebook’s illegal conduct.” The FTC didn’t comment.