The Federal Trade Commission Won't Give Up Its Crusade Against Meta |
Antitrust
Jack Nicastro | 1.21.2026 2:08 PM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday that it will appeal the ruling in its monopoly case against Meta. Legal and economic antitrust experts see no way the FTC can win on appeal, given the factual findings of the federal court in November.
While the actual appeal has not yet been filed, the FTC Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera said that "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." The decision to appeal, coupled with Guarnera's statement, is yet more evidence that President Donald Trump's FTC has embraced the big-is-bad mantra of its Democratic predecessor.
The FTC brought its lawsuit against Meta under Trump's first administration in December 2020, alleging that the company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act's prohibition on monopolies by purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp. Nearly five years later, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S.........