A U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York threw out a lawsuit against Meta this week that had been simmering for a year and a half.
The suit, filed in late 2021 by now-shuttered social app Phhhoto, alleged that Meta violated federal antitrust law by copying its core features with the Instagram-adjacent video looping app Boomerang. Like Boomerang, which Meta launched in October of 2015 and later integrated into Instagram itself, Phhhoto invited users to share very short GIF-like loops.
U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ultimately granted Meta’s motion to dismiss the complaint dismissed due to time-limits imposed by the relevant statutes of limitations.
“Phhhoto has failed in it...
