\"By a one-vote margin, in the fraught environment of relentless criticism of Facebook for matters entirely unrelated to antitrust concerns, the agency decided to bring a case against Facebook,\" Facebook said in its response to the FTC<\/a> complaint.
\"None of the harms typically alleged in antitrust actions is alleged here,\" it said.
In lawsuits filed in December, the FTC and states asked the court to force the social media giant to sell two prized assets, its messaging app WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in the District of Columbia will hear the cases.
The FTC and states accused Facebook of breaking antitrust law to keep smaller competitors at bay and snapping up social media rivals, like Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.
All told, the federal government<\/a> and states filed five lawsuits against Facebook and Alphabet's Google last year following bipartisan outrage over use and misuse of social media clout both in the economy and in the political sphere.
In its response to the FTC lawsuit, Facebook argued that the government failed to show that Facebook had a monopoly in a clearly defined market or that it had hurt consumers.
The company also dismisses emails cited in the FTC lawsuit written by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> and other executives expressing worry about the competitive threat posed by Instagram and WhatsApp.
\"Lacking facts to establish either unlawful conduct or harm to consumers, the FTC attempts to bolster its claims with a grab-bag of selectively quoted internal emails and messages from Facebook executives, which are offered to show that Facebook was concerned about competitive threats from Instagram and WhatsApp - but also many, many other firms,\" Facebook said in its response.
Separately, in the lawsuit brought by dozens of states and territories, Facebook argued that the state case should be dismissed because the states failed to show that they were harmed by Facebook and because they waited more than four years.
The states and FTC have until April 7 to respond.
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Facebook要求法院驳回美国政府,美国反垄断案件
联邦贸易委员会和国家指责Facebook违反反托拉斯法保持较小的竞争对手在海湾和抢购社交媒体竞争对手,像Instagram以10亿美元的价格在2012年和2014年WhatsApp 190亿美元。
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脸谱网周三要求联邦法院驳回反垄断的情况下提出由美国联邦贸易委员会和美国几乎每一个状态,说他们没有显示公司垄断或伤害消费者。
“以一票优势,在无情的批评Facebook的紧张环境问题完全无关的反垄断问题,该机构决定将一个案件Facebook,“Facebook在其回应表示联邦贸易委员会投诉。
“没有危害通常所谓的反垄断行动据称在这里,”它说。
12月在诉讼,联邦贸易委员会和州要求法院迫使社交媒体巨头出售两个珍贵的资产,其消息传递应用程序WhatsApp和照片分享应用Instagram。美国地方法院法官James Boasberg在哥伦比亚特区将听到的情况下。
联邦贸易委员会和国家指责Facebook违反反托拉斯法保持较小的竞争对手在海湾和抢购社交媒体竞争对手,像Instagram以10亿美元的价格在2012年和2014年WhatsApp 190亿美元。
总的来说,联邦政府和州提起五起诉去年字母表Facebook和谷歌之后两党愤慨的使用和滥用社交媒体影响力在经济和政治领域。
联邦贸易委员会诉讼应对Facebook认为政府未能显示,Facebook已经在一个明确定义的市场垄断或者伤害了消费者。
该公司还驳斥了邮件中提到联邦贸易委员会诉讼由Facebook的CEO马克•扎克伯格和其他高管表示担心Instagram和WhatsApp带来的竞争威胁。
“缺乏事实建立违法行为或者损害消费者,联邦贸易委员会试图增强其声称的综合选择性地引用内部电子邮件和消息来自Facebook高管,这是提供给显示Facebook从Instagram担心竞争威胁和WhatsApp——但也很多,许多其他公司,”Facebook在其响应表示。
另外,在数十个国家和地区的诉讼案,Facebook认为国家情况应该被解雇,因为美国未能显示,Facebook和伤害,因为他们等了四年多。
州和联邦贸易委员会,直到4月7日作出回应。
“以一票优势,在无情的批评Facebook的紧张环境问题完全无关的反垄断问题,该机构决定将一个案件Facebook,“Facebook在其回应表示联邦贸易委员会投诉。
“没有危害通常所谓的反垄断行动据称在这里,”它说。
12月在诉讼,联邦贸易委员会和州要求法院迫使社交媒体巨头出售两个珍贵的资产,其消息传递应用程序WhatsApp和照片分享应用Instagram。美国地方法院法官James Boasberg在哥伦比亚特区将听到的情况下。
联邦贸易委员会和国家指责Facebook违反反托拉斯法保持较小的竞争对手在海湾和抢购社交媒体竞争对手,像Instagram以10亿美元的价格在2012年和2014年WhatsApp 190亿美元。
总的来说,联邦政府和州提起五起诉去年字母表Facebook和谷歌之后两党愤慨的使用和滥用社交媒体影响力在经济和政治领域。
联邦贸易委员会诉讼应对Facebook认为政府未能显示,Facebook已经在一个明确定义的市场垄断或者伤害了消费者。
该公司还驳斥了邮件中提到联邦贸易委员会诉讼由Facebook的CEO马克•扎克伯格和其他高管表示担心Instagram和WhatsApp带来的竞争威胁。
“缺乏事实建立违法行为或者损害消费者,联邦贸易委员会试图增强其声称的综合选择性地引用内部电子邮件和消息来自Facebook高管,这是提供给显示Facebook从Instagram担心竞争威胁和WhatsApp——但也很多,许多其他公司,”Facebook在其响应表示。
另外,在数十个国家和地区的诉讼案,Facebook认为国家情况应该被解雇,因为美国未能显示,Facebook和伤害,因为他们等了四年多。
州和联邦贸易委员会,直到4月7日作出回应。
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