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Powerful lawsuits against the social networking site Facebook by state and federal officials have become the most serious regulatory threat facing the social networking giant, according to a report carried by CNN.

The information indicated that the lawsuits filed, Wednesday, threaten to reshape the Facebook empire, which runs two of the most popular applications in addition to the blue site, WhatsApp and Instagram, with more than one billion users each.

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In return, Facebook responded to these accusations by vowing to a protracted court battle, accusing regulators of changing their minds about the acquisitions years after they agreed to them.

The upcoming showdown is the culmination of years of criticism from lawmakers, publishers and other groups that have long expressed dissatisfaction with Facebook's policy for the ways it has harmed society, they claim.

These lawsuits may not only determine the future of Blue, but may reveal the ability of government law enforcement to hold companies to account in the digital age.

It will change the shape of competition

In turn, Michael Kadis, an antitrust expert at the Washington Center, an economic think tank, revealed that if the case succeeds, it will dramatically change the shape of competition in social networks, but he added that despite the historic legal battle now underway, the outcome is far from clear. , where government prosecutors must first prove their case in an uphill battle that could take years to resolve.

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Even if Facebook is found guilty of violating the law, and accordingly the courts decide to dismantle the network, this may not be enough to address all problems, such as Facebook's role in facilitating misinformation, and conspiracy theories according to the law and experts.

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In short, don't expect opinions to change much anytime soon.

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In the context, too, state and Federal Trade Commission officials face a difficult task in court. They need to show that Facebook has monopolized the market for it, and used its dominance in ways that clearly harm competition and consumers.

According to the report, the main claim in the lawsuits is that Facebook harmed competition by identifying potential competitors and then buying them before they had a chance to threaten its monopoly.

It argues that the site's alleged market power has led to fewer choices for consumers, as well as less innovation in the marketplace, and the complaints provide detailed evidence of Facebook's alleged misconduct.

For their part, legal experts emphasized that any judge looking into the case would likely want to know what would happen if Facebook did not acquire Instagram or WhatsApp, and to convince judges of this future argument, which did not even occur.

Facebook is already preparing for this argument, as the company announced, Wednesday, in a statement, that it has invested billions of dollars and millions of hours to make WhatsApp and Instagram services more valuable than they were before it acquired them.

"We thought these companies would be of great use to our Facebook users and that we could help turn them into something better, and we did, and now people all over the world choose to use our products not because they have to, but because we make their lives better."

What will happen later?

It is noteworthy that even if the court agrees that Facebook violated antitrust law, this does not necessarily mean that the company's dissolution is inevitable, but rather is simply one of the many possible outcomes, and the final decision rests with the courts.

Assuming the judge finds that Facebook acted illegally, they can impose restrictions on the site's behavior, such as requiring them to notify the government of each future merger, and they can also request some kind of regulatory regime that forces Facebook to treat user data differently.

As for consumers, the independence of the WhatsApp or Instagram apps may be the biggest change, meaning that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, will not be able to control the companies, which means that a different owner can change everything from the user interface to the core technology.