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DOJ Setting Up Interviews With Facebook Rivals in Antitrust Probe

The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust investigation into Facebook is heating up.

The agency is arranging interviews with social media company executives to learn their views about the competitive landscape of the industry, along with their perspectives on and relationship to Facebook, according to an email from the Justice Department seen by The Information. The email gives a view into how the DOJ is framing its antitrust probe into Facebook, the existence of which was first revealed in September of last year. It couldn’t be learned how many companies have already been contacted by or met with the agency as part of its civil investigation. 

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