New York, other states to fight dismissal of antitrust lawsuit against Facebook


FILE PHOTO A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6 2020. REUTERSDado RuvicFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New York and other U.S. states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that they launched against Facebook Inc in an appeals court.

In June, a U.S. judge dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against the social media company that had sought to force it to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

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