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Nessel joins antitrust investigation into Facebook

October 23, 2019
<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a press conference at the G. Mennen Williams Building in Lansing on Feb. 21, 2019.</p>

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a press conference at the G. Mennen Williams Building in Lansing on Feb. 21, 2019.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 50 other state attorneys general in an anti-trust investigation of Facebook.

Supporters of the investigation allege that Facebook illegally participated in "anti-competitive conduct."

"It is illegal for a business to use its market power to engage in anti-competitive conduct in an effort to achieve or maintain a monopoly," Nessel said in a statement.

"Our personal data is the biggest commodity in today’s online economy and, as the chief law enforcement officer of the state, it is my duty to ensure Michigan residents’ personal data doesn’t continue to be pillaged in a monopolist’s quest to control social media and advertising markets," Nessel said.

"A lot of Michiganders use Facebook, which prompted Nessel's entrance into the investigation," attorney general's office Communications and Media Relations Officer Dan Olsen said.

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