About 40 State Attorneys General Plan to Take Part in Facebook Antitrust Probe
Letitia James
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Roughly 40 state attorneys general plan to take part in a New York-led antitrust investigation of Facebook, reflecting a broadening belief among the country’s top Democrats and Republicans that the tech giant may be undermining its social-networking rivals, reports The Washington Post.
New York Attorney General Letitia James first announced a wide-ranging probe with seven other states and the District of Columbia to explore whether, in James’s words at the time, Facebook has “endangered consumer data, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, or increased the price of advertising,” writes the Post‘s Tony Romm.
Sources told the newspaper that New York continues to solicit support from other states, meaning the number could grow before it is formally announced.
