'The FTC will continue fighting its historic case against Meta to ensure that competition can thrive across the country': FTC appeals 2025 antitrust ruling

Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook renamed to Meta — (Image credit: Meta)

Seems like only the other day I was chatting about yet another big tech monopoly—because I was. But instead of Google appealing the US Department of Justice's antitrust ruling against it, this time the Federal Trade Commission is appealing a November 2025 ruling concerning Meta.

The FTC originally filed its lawsuit against the company, then called Facebook, all the way back in 2020. The original suit alleged the company had "engaged in a systematic strategy" of buying up competitors, such as Instagram and WhatsApp, in order to maintain its social media monopoly.

FTC Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera issued the following statement: "Meta has maintained its dominant position and record profits for well over a decade not through legitimate competition, but by buying its most significant competitive threats. The Trump-Vance FTC will continue fighting its historic case against Meta to ensure that competition can thrive across the country to the benefit of all Americans and U.S. businesses."

This is also far from the only legal hot water Meta finds itself in. Just in terms of antitrust action, Italian authorities have also launched an investigation into Meta. Beyond that, another court case last year alleged Meta violated copyright law by torrenting terabytes of data from 'shadow libraries' in order to train its AI products. Eventually, 13 book authors spearheaded this particular legal challenge, though Meta ultimately won the case before it could go before a jury.

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Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

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