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Facebook asks recusal of FTC head in antitrust case decision

by Marcy Gordon
| July 15, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is asking that the new head of the Federal Trade Commission step away from decisions on whether to continue the agency's antitrust case against the social network giant, asserting that past public criticism of the company’s market power makes it impossible for her to be impartial.

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