Nicole Guerra, Sean LaRochelle - The New York Times

The F.T.C. asks for an extension to refile its Facebook antitrust suit.


The Federal Trade Fee on Friday questioned a federal decide to give it far more time to refile an antitrust fit from Facebook that is the agency’s biggest check in reining in the electricity of huge tech.

In a filing with the U.S. District Court docket for the District of Columbia, the company questioned for a 3-7 days extension, or right until Aug. 19, to amend a lawsuit that the court docket dismissed past month. The F.T.C. explained in its ask for that it experienced attained an arrangement with Fb above the proposed extension.

Final month, Choose James E. Boasberg of the federal courtroom knocked down a core argument built by the F.T.C., expressing prosecutors experienced unsuccessful to offer ample persuasive info to back up the declare — that Facebook holds a monopoly about social networking. But the judge gave the F.T.C. a 30-working day window to refile its lawsuit.

The new lawsuit will be the initial significant motion by Lina Khan, the new chair of the F.T.C. and a critic of Fb, Google and Amazon who has advocated for the separation of the digital platforms.



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