美国联邦贸易委员会并未放弃对Meta的反垄断诉讼。
内容总结：
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）针对科技巨头Meta的反垄断诉讼出现新动向。尽管去年在法庭上未能成功证明Meta目前构成垄断，但该机构近日正式提出上诉，坚持指控Meta通过收购竞争对手Instagram和WhatsApp压制市场公平竞争。
FTC竞争局局长丹尼尔·瓜内拉在声明中指出："Meta保持其主导地位和创纪录利润已超过十年，这并非通过正当竞争实现，而是通过收购最具威胁的竞争对手达成。"该机构表示将继续推进这项具有历史意义的诉讼，以维护全美企业和消费者的竞争环境。
此案可追溯至2020年特朗普政府时期。去年庭审期间，Meta首席执行官扎克伯格等多位高管曾出庭作证，详细陈述了公司面临来自TikTok等平台的竞争压力。华盛顿特区联邦法官詹姆斯·博斯伯格当时裁定，YouTube和TikTok的存在使Meta未能构成"当前垄断"。
若FTC上诉成功，Meta可能面临被要求拆分WhatsApp和Instagram的风险。这对近期积极修复与特朗普关系、并宣称将在美国投入数千亿美元建设人工智能基础设施的扎克伯格而言，无疑是个不利消息。Meta发言人安迪·斯通回应称，原审判决"正确无误"，公司将继续专注于在美国的创新与投资。
中文翻译：
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）并未放弃对Meta的反垄断诉讼。该机构近日提起上诉，这对过去一年竭力向特朗普示好的马克·扎克伯格而言无疑是个坏消息。
去年，FTC针对Meta收购WhatsApp和Instagram的反垄断诉讼虽遭败诉，但监管机构并未放弃追究这家社交媒体巨头的收购行为。此次FTC上诉针对的是去年联邦法官的裁决——该裁决认为政府未能证明Meta当前处于垄断地位。
FTC竞争局局长丹尼尔·瓜内拉在声明中表示："Meta保持主导地位和创纪录利润已超过十年，这并非通过正当竞争实现，而是通过收购其最重大的竞争威胁达成。特朗普-万斯领导下的FTC将继续推进这起具有历史意义的诉讼，以确保全美市场竞争蓬勃发展，惠及所有美国民众和企业。"
FTC最初于2020年特朗普首个总统任期内对Facebook提起反垄断诉讼。政府指控该公司通过收购昔日竞争对手Instagram和WhatsApp，压制了该领域的竞争并最终损害消费者利益。去年庭审中，包括CEO扎克伯格和前COO雪莉·桑德伯格在内的多位现任及前任高管出庭作证，详细陈述了与TikTok竞争的压力。
美国地区法官詹姆斯·博斯伯格最终采信了Meta的辩护理由，他在判决书中指出，即使Meta过去存在垄断行为，但YouTube和TikTok的成功使其当前无法"维持垄断地位"。若FTC此前胜诉，可能迫使Meta剥离WhatsApp和Instagram业务。若此次上诉成功，这一补救措施或将重新提上议程。
FTC上诉计划对扎克伯格构成打击。过去一年间，他不仅积极争取特朗普支持，还大力宣传Meta计划在美国投入数千亿美元建设人工智能基础设施。Meta发言人安迪·斯通在声明中强调原判决"正确无误"，并表示"Meta将继续专注于在美国的创新与投资"。
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The FTC isn't giving up on its antitrust case against Meta
The FTC's appeal is bad news for Mark Zuckerberg, who has spent the last year cozying up to Trump.
The Federal Trade Commission lost its antitrust case against Meta last year, but the regulator hasn't given up on its attempts to punish the social media company for its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. The FTC is appealing a ruling last year in which a federal judge found that the government hadn't proven that Meta is currently operating as a monopoly.
"Meta has maintained its dominant position and record profits for well over a decade not through legitimate competition, but by buying its most significant competitive threats," the FTC's Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera said in a statement. "The Trump-Vance FTC will continue fighting its historic case against Meta to ensure that competition can thrive across the country to the benefit of all Americans and U.S. businesses.”
The FTC originally filed antitrust charges against Facebook in 2020 during President Donald Trump's first term in office. The government argued that by acquiring apps it once competed with, Instagram and WhatsApp, the company had depressed competition in the space and ultimately hurt consumers. A trial last year saw testimony from several current and former executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sandberg, who spoke at length about the pressure to compete with TikTok.
US District Judge James Boasberg was ultimately persuaded by Meta’s arguments, writing that the success of YouTube and TikTok prevented Meta from currently "holding a monopoly" even if the company had acted monopolistically in the past. If the FTC had won, it could have tried to force Meta to undo its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. Should it be successful in its appeal, that remedy could once again be on the table.
News of the FTC's plan to appeal is also a blow to Zuckerberg, who has spent the last year courting Trump and hyping Meta's plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure in the United States. In a statement, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that the original ruling was "correct," and that "Meta will remain focused on innovating and investing in America."