Meta已就其当前在法庭上抗辩的反垄断案件提交了一项判决动议。该动议称,美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)未能提供任何证据证明Meta通过收购Instagram和WhatsApp非法垄断了部分社交网络市场——而政府方指控的核心正是这一点。
此前不久,FTC在哥伦比亚特区地方法院法官James Boasberg主持的漫长庭审中完成举证。
Meta发言人Christopher Sgro表示:“经过五周的庭审,显然FTC未能达到反垄断法要求的法律标准。FTC耗费数千万纳税人资金提出这起理由薄弱的诉讼,其市场定义完全无视现实。”
正如Meta的律师在交叉质证中所做的那样,该公司瞄准FTC对Meta垄断“个人社交网络服务”市场(即人们用于与家人朋友分享信息的服务)的描述发起质疑。Meta辩称,FTC未能证明其降低了服务质量(缺乏竞争的关键标志),也未能证明其收购Instagram是为了消除潜在竞争对手。
FTC通过传唤Meta业务中的多位关键人物作证来支持其指控,包括Instagram联合创始人凯文·斯特罗姆(Kevin Systrom),他曾对Meta处理其公司的方式提出抱怨;以及现任负责人亚当·莫塞里(Adam Mosseri)——后者则给出了更积极的评价。
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