Filed: December 9, 2020
Allegation: Anticompetitive conduct and unfair methods of competition
Details: The FTC alleged that Facebook engaged in a systematic strategy to eliminate threats to its monopoly, including the2012 acquisition of Instagram and the 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp.
Filed: January 24, 2023
Allegation: Monopolization of digital advertising technologies
Details: The FTC accused Google of anticompetitive practices in the digital advertising market, including acquiring competitors and manipulating advertising auction mechanics.
Filed: June 21, 2023
Allegation: Deceptive practices related to Prime membership enrollment and cancellation
Details: The FTC alleged that Amazon used manipulative designs to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions and made cancellation of Prime memberships unnecessarily difficult.
Filed: December 8, 2022
Allegation: Anticompetitive acquisition
Details: The FTC sought to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, alleging that it would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors in gaming and related markets.