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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the virtual F8 Developers Conference on a tablet computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 2, 2021. Facebook’s event is returning this year as a one-day virtual event after being canceled last year over concerns regarding coronavirus. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The silver lining in Mark Zuckerberg’s $31 billion loss after Meta’s terrible earnings? It helps his blame-it-on-TikTok antitrust defense

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

An installation depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg during a protest outside Parliament in London, U.K., on Oct. 25, 2021. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, is due to give evidence to U.K. lawmakers at a draft online safety bill committee hearing. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Facebook kept investors in the dark as it fretted about an exodus of teens to Snapchat and TikTok

By Kurt Wagner, David McLaughlin, and others

FTC goes after Facebook once again in new antitrust suit

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

The U.S. Department of Justice seal is displayed on a podium during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of disgraced money manager Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested and charged with conspiracy and enticing minors to engage in sex.

Biden names tech foe Jonathan Kanter as DOJ antitrust chief

By Justin Sink, David McLaughlin, and others

CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai, appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during a hearing to discuss reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act with big tech companies on October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. – US senators and tech CEOs girded for a clash Wednesday over a law making online services immune from liability for third-party content at a hearing set to debate Silicon Valley’s handling of social media.

Google sued by states over alleged Play Store abuse

By Naomi Nix, David McLaughlin, and others

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the virtual F8 Developers Conference on a laptop computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 2, 2021. Facebook’s event is returning this year as a one-day virtual event after being canceled last year over concerns regarding coronavirus. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Facebook wins dismissal of two big antitrust lawsuits

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan’s selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies.

Big Tech antagonist Lina Khan to be named FTC Chair

By David McLaughlin, Josh Wingrove, and others

Washington D.C. Attorney General files antitrust suit against Amazon over pricing

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 21: Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Spotify, Match tell Senate Apple is abusing power in App Store

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

U.S. abandons four-year antitrust battle against Qualcomm

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 03: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) gives her opening statement during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing to discuss the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee is scheduled to hear testimony about DHS, FBI, National Guard and Department of Defense support and response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Tech war with news media flares in U.S. with new Congress push

By David McLaughlin, Sara Forden, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 28: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing ‘Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?’, on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation.

Facebook asks court to toss U.S. suit seeking company breakup

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

Fitbit Sense smart watch on arm of a man, showing ECG heart health function, San Ramon, California, October 8, 2020.

Google closes Fitbit deal despite ongoing DOJ review

By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg

Signage at an entrance to a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google. At its center is a bold claim: Google colluded with archrival Facebook Inc. in an illegal deal to manipulate auctions for online advertising, an industry the two companies dominate. Photographer:

Google is hit with another antitrust lawsuit, adding to its legal woes

By Ben Brody, David McLaughlin, and others

TikTok, YouTube, Amazon targeted by FTC in privacy review

By Ben Brody, David McLaughlin, and others