A US judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Meta which claimed Facebook had bankrupted a defunct photography software startup in violation of US antitrust law.
US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, said Phhhhoto failed to file his claims in a timely manner under US antitrust law, which sets a four-year window, and under the New York State rules, which have a three-year limitation period.
“Phhhoto failed to present enough facts to support all of his claims,” Matsumoto wrote.
The court refused to allow Phhhoto to alter the case and file another complaint.
In a statement, a Meta spokesman described the lawsuit as “meritless”.
Phhhoto was launched in 2014. The company provided an app that said “make a five-frame looping video”. Two years earlier, Meta acquired photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion.
The lawsuit filed in 2021 by Phhhoto alleged that Facebook intended to “crush” the app, which it described in court as “an innovative nascent competitor”.
“Meta has used its control of critical infrastructure to degrade the quality of Phhhoto’s content and the performance of its application, as well as to mislead and harm consumers,” Phhhoto’s attorneys told the court.
Facebook, controlled by Meta, has denied any anti-competitive behavior.
The case was among several lawsuits accusing the social media platform of violating US competition laws.
Source: Terra
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