The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) aims to block Meta Platforms and Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s Chief Executive and Founder, from buying out Within Unlimited, the organisation announced on Wednesday. Within’s hit fitness app Supernatural has become involved in a fresh anticompetitive case against the Menlo Park-based firm, with the FTC slamming Meta’s “attempt to illegally acquire” the app. Meta already owns a best-selling virtual reality fitness app, and it had the capabilities to compete even more closely with Within’s popular Supernatural app. It added Meta’s acquisition of Beat Saber could potentially weaken competition by limiting innovation after buying out Supernatural. Meta Faces FTC, Earnings WoesThe news comes after the FTC launched an anticompetitive case in January against the metaverse tech giant, along with representatives from North Carolina, New York, and Tennessee.
