Divestiture

DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup

2023-01-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On January 24, 2023, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google seeking to break up the company’s advertising technology business—marking the first government attempt to structurally dismantle a major corporation since AT&T in 1982. The case …

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FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization Through Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Seeks Breakup

2020-12-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, files major antitrust lawsuit against Facebook alleging illegal monopolization through systematic acquisition of competitors Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC seeks structural breakup of Facebook through forced …

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