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Facebook is being sued for anti-competitive conduct by four companies

Four different tech companies took Facebook to court on Thursday, accusing the social media giant of ant-competitive behavior. They said that Facebook restricted access to its user data for some apps while placing no restrictions on others. Facebook allegedly did this because it felt that these apps were a threat to it.

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Fri Jan 17 - Reuters

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