In an FTC Antitrust Win, Meta Could Face Divestitures
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ICLE Senior Scholar Daniel J. Gilman was quoted by TechTarget article about the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta and the potential divestiture of Instagram and WhatsApp, if the FTC wins its case against Meta. Read the full story here.
Panelist Dan Gilman, senior scholar in competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, said it would be unorthodox to order a company to divest products acquired more than a decade ago and could potentially harm the products’ functionality. He said it’s difficult to see how consumers and competition would benefit from such divestitures.