FTC might put the brakes on Facebook’s plans to merge messaging apps
https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2019/12/12/ftc-report-facebook-merge-messaging-apps-block/
A new report suggests the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) might file an injunction against Facebook, to keep it from integrating its messaging apps together. Doing so might make it harder to break up the company — which the FTC is reportedly considering.
The report comes from the Wall Street Journal, whose sources say that the FTC could block Facebook from pursuing further “interoperability,” which is its word for the ways in which its platforms interact.