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US revives Facebook lawsuit

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The Federal Trade Commission filed a fresh lawsuit against Facebook alleging the company is a monopoly that has illegally crushed competition.

The litigation comes two months after a federal judge threw out the FTC's original case against Facebook.

“There was no valid claim that Facebook was a monopolist — and that has not changed," company officials said in a statement. "Our acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were reviewed and cleared many years ago, and our platform policies were lawful.”

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