Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has compiled a dossier known as "Project Voldemort" that details the anti-competitive actions that Facebook has taken against them, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The company contends that Facebook repeatedly made moves that undermine Snap's business, including discouraging popular users on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, from referring to Snap. Their executives also speculate that Instagram kept Snap content from trending on its app.
According to the Journal, the FTC has reached out to dozens of tech executives, app developers, startup executives whose companies went under after losing access to Facebook's platform, and company founders who sold their business to Facebook. Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser for the consumer group Public Knowledge, said these discussions show how the FTC is "putting together a picture of what might be a pattern of behavior to prevent competition to the core Facebook business."
Facebook recently released an app called Threads, which is designed to be a companion to Instagram. The Verge reports that the app is focused on automatic, real-time updates to close friends as well as instant messaging and sharing photos and videos, positioning it as a direct competitor to Snapchat.
A spokesperson for Facebook said that consumers benefit from two or more companies offering the same or similar services and features.
"This is competition at work and one of the longtime hallmarks of the tech sector," the spokesperson said. "Businesses continually build and iterate on concepts and ideas in the marketplace — making them better or taking them in different directions. This is good for consumers."
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