Facebook case ‘the most dramatic development in global antitrust in decades’

In what one antitrust expert in Europe described as “the most dramatic development in global antitrust in decades,” more than 40 US states and the federal government are suing Facebook to break it up. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou about the US lawsuits and how they compare to recent antitrust actions in Europe.

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