WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) issued the following statement in response to the D.C. District Court’s ruling against the Federal Trade’s Commission’s (FTC) monopoly suit against Meta. 

 “I disagree with today’s ruling and hope the FTC will appeal. The court’s opinion makes clear that our laws are not keeping pace with advances in technology and that we must pass legislation to take on tech monopolists and return competition to digital markets,” said Klobuchar. “That’s why I’m fighting to modernize the law to stop dominant platforms like Meta from buying up competitors and creating monopolies that hurt consumers and entrepreneurs, put kids at risk, and stifle innovation. Now, there are no more excuses for not passing this legislation.”

Klobuchar has long been a leading advocate for taking on Big Tech monopolies and championing antitrust efforts. 

In 2025, Klobuchar reintroduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act to give federal enforcers the resources they need to do their jobs, strengthen prohibitions on anticompetitive conduct and mergers, and make additional reforms to improve enforcement.

In 2023, Klobuchar and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reintroduced their American Innovation and Choice Online Act which would set clear, effective rules to protect competition and prevent self-preferencing by the most economically significant online platforms, while maintaining a secure online experience for users. In 2022, the bill passed out of the Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote.

In December 2022, Klobuchar and Grassley’s Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act was passed into law. This legislation updated merger filing fees for the first time since 2001, lowering fees on smaller acquisitions and increasing them for the largest mergers, raising additional revenue that Congress can use to fund antitrust enforcement, and ultimately giving the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division the resources necessary to try and win cases against Big Tech. 

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