Facebook's VR Oculus business probed by US states
WASHINGTON : Multiple states have begun investigating
potential violations in how Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, runs its
virtual-reality Oculus business, according to three sources familiar with the
matter.
Two of the sources said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
was also involved in the antitrust investigation. Meta did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
New York, North Carolina and Tennessee were among the states
involved in the inquiry, one source said. A group of almost 50 states also
asked an appeals court on Friday to reinstate their antitrust lawsuit, filed in
December 2020, against Facebook.
The inquiries into Facebook's Oculus business are part of
the larger probe, one of the sources said.
The offices of the New York, North Carolina and Tennessee
attorneys general did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The inquiry was first reported by Bloomberg News.
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