Judge tosses lawsuits against Facebook over WhatsApp, Instagram ownership
(Android Central)

Facebook won`t be forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, at least for now. What you need to know A U.S. district judge dismissed two major antitrust cases against Facebook. The court found that the plaintiff did not provide substantial evidence against the social media giant. The lawsuits challenged Facebook`s market leadership and ownership of both Instagram and WhatsApp. A U.S. district judge dropped two antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Monday, saying that the complaint `is legally insufficient and must therefore be dismissed.` The lawsuits against Facebook were filed late last year by the FTC and a coalition of state attorneys, declaring that Facebook participated in anticompetitive and monopolistic behavior by purchasing WhatsApp and Instagram. The complaint stated that Facebook saw the apps as `two significant competitive threats to its dominant position,` after which it `moved to squelch those threats by buying the companies.` The lawsuit alludes to a 2008 email ...