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FTC Interviewed Mark Zuckerberg for Two Days in Antitrust Investigation of Facebook

Politicoreports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified over the course of two days this week before the FTC as part of its antitrust investigation into Facebooks business practices.

Zuckerbergs testimony comes shortly after a landmark hearing before Congress in which Zuckerberg testified alongside the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, and Google, all of which defended their companies from claims of antitrust and monopolistic behavior.

A coalition of state attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, opened an investigation into Facebook in September.

Facebook, alongside another number of tech firms, has been investigated by the House Judiciary Committee since last July.

Pramila Jayapal grilled Zuckerberg over text messages obtained which suggested that he threatened to copy Instagram as a new Facebook product if the photo-sharing apps co-founder Kevin Systrom refused to sell the app to Facebook. During the hearing in July, Jayapal said:When the dominant platform threatens its potential rivals, that should not be a normal business practice.

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