FTC Urges Judge to Toss Meta’s Suit Challenging In-House Court

The US Federal Trade Commission asked a judge to toss a Meta Platforms Inc. lawsuit seeking to halt the agency’s efforts to change a 2020 privacy settlement.

The FTC argued that Meta’s lawsuit was based on constitutional challenges that weren’t “legally viable.”

Congress gave the FTC the authority to “modify orders when changed circumstances or the public interest requires” and to “prevent unfair and deceptive practices,” the agency said in a filing in Washington Wednesday.

Under Chair Lina Khan, the FTC has taken a more aggressive stance on mergers, particularly in tech and pharmaceutical markets. In February, a federal ...