Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Mene Ukueberuwa and Kim Strassel. The Federal Trade Commission grabbed headlines five years ago when it sued to break up ...

WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s claims that Facebook parent Meta Platforms META-1.48%decrease; red down pointing triangle has an illegal monopoly in ...

Meta Platforms Inc. won a key court ruling that the company’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law, a blow to the federal ...

In the days and weeks leading up to her resignation—and immediately thereafter—there were heated discussions about what legacy Lina Khan, now ex-FTC chair, would leave behind. Widely viewed as a ...

In November 2025, social media users (archived) began posting screenshots (archived) of an email purportedly from PayPal (archived) about money they had apparently received from an "FTC Prime ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it will not appeal ...

Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly ...

The FTC failed to prove it broke US antitrust laws. The FTC failed to prove it broke US antitrust laws. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and ...

Amazon has begun issuing payments to eligible Prime members as part of its $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The e-commerce giant agreed to the payouts in September to resolve ...

Judge cites competition from TikTok, YouTube Social media market has shifted away from personal sharing Ruling is first decisive win for Big Tech in U.S. antitrust crackdown Nov 18 (Reuters) - ...

A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals. The tech company Meta won a victory in federal court ...

Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt government efforts to rein in its power. By David McCabe and Steve Lohr For years, Meta has been locked in a fierce rivalry ...