(December 10, 2020, 1:30 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a pair of complaints filed Dec. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of U.S. states bring claims for monopolization and anti-competitive behavior against Facebook Inc., claiming that the company has actively worked to maintain its stranglehold on the social network market by acquiring potential competitors and enacting restrictive policies that stifle other firms from gaining a foothold that would allow them to attract sufficient users to become competitive (Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook Inc., No. NA, D. D.C., and New York, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. NA, D. D.C.)....