The dream of Mark Zuckerberg to unify all the infrastructure of three services – WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger appear to be distant. The US Federal Officials may hamper the process as they are seeking considerable action against Facebook over antitrust concerns over products interaction in the backend, cites a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) could prevent Facebook from implementing the unification process if found the process anticompetitive. The Federal Trade Commission will conduct a detailed survey to materialise on how Facebook integrates its products at the backend. Upon noticing any anomaly, the FTC could seek an injunction against the whole unification policy. However, FTC would also require a five-member majority and suit filing in federal court to make injunction possible.
On the other hand, Facebook has been worried about the Federal Trade Commission’s proceedings against its “interoperability” rules. Primarily, the social-media giant’s interoperability policies prevent other services to compete against Facebook.
It is not currently clear whether the agency will seek an injunction or will file an antitrust lawsuit against the company over its interoperability policies. According to a person familiar with the matter, reveals that the FTC could take possible action as soon as the next month. It is also believed that the agency will ban some interoperability policies to make the stop the anti-competitive acts by Facebook.
We have to wait for some time, to see on which side the boat will float in the coming times. What are your views? Share your important thoughts via the comments below.
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