Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has asked a US judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the company by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The FTC, 48 states, and other parties have launched a lawsuit in an attempt to compel the corporation to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, which it acquired in 2012 and 2014, respectively.
In the lawsuit, the FTC, 48 states and dozens of attorneys general in the USA claim that Meta (then known as Facebook) bought the two platforms to stifle competition.
