Federal antitrust authorities stepped up their antitrust attack on

Facebook on Thursday, saying in a revised complaint that the social

media behemoth had a laser-focused plan to "purchase or bury"
competitors in order to stifle competition.

It was the Federal government's second attempt after a federal court

rejected antitrust cases filed by the agency and a large coalition of
state attorneys general against Facebook in June, amid increasing
efforts by federal and state regulators to limit the tech giants' market
dominance.

The latest complaint lays out a thorough history of Facebook's

behavior, notably with the introduction of mobile devices such as
smartphones in the 2010s, as well as the development of creative
Facebook competitors.