{"id":581491,"date":"2021-07-03T19:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T23:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=581491"},"modified":"2021-07-03T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T23:51:26","slug":"lawmakers-go-after-facebooks-monopoly-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-go-after-facebooks-monopoly-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers go after Facebook\u2019s monopoly powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flawmakers-go-after-facebooks-monopoly-powers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=581491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2445675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2445675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York\u2019s Times Square. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:37 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill have urged the Federal Trade Commission to pursue Facebook on antitrust grounds. The diverse group, ranging from Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) to Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah), sent a letter to the FTC on Friday with requests for the agency go after the social media giant for monopoly powers.<\/p>\n<p>An antitrust case against Facebook was thrown out earlier this week. U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg ruled insufficient evidence for the claims against the social media entity, which stated they controlled well over half of the social networking market. The bipartisan group of elected officials argued Facebook has used its power to suppress competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amyklobuchar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amyklobuchar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenMikeLee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidcicilline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidcicilline<\/a>, and I sent a letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/linakhanFTC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@linakhanFTC<\/a> urging the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FTC<\/a> to pursue antitrust enforcement action against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Facebook<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cc0z2DgmS5\">pic.twitter.com\/cc0z2DgmS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1410959552506388483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The FTC was allotted 30 days to review and refile the case, with lawmakers dedicated to push the commission to continue their challenging efforts against Facebook. The FTC has been in the process of reviewing the case, but have yet to make a decision on future action.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, lawmakers increase calls to Congress for tighter antitrust laws in order to better control the powers of Big Tech companies.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/poll-american-pride-dropping-among-college-students\/\">Poll: American Pride Dropping Among College Students<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York\u2019s Times Square. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew, File) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 4:37 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 3, 2021 A bipartisan &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}