Judge says the FTC's Meta monopoly lawsuit can go forward

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A federal judge says the US Federal Trade Commission can proceed with an antitrust lawsuit against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, after dismissing the suit last year. District of Columbia Judge James Boasberg said in an opinion released today that the FTC's first complaint had "stumbled out of the starting blocks." But a revised version, Boasberg said, makes the same arguments with facts that are "far more robust and detailed than before." As a result, ...