Hawaii AG joins Facebook lawsuit

Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit Wednesday against Facebook in which they allege the company has and continues to illegally stifle competition to protect its monopoly power.

The lawsuit alleges that over the past decade, the social networking giant illegally acquired competitors in a predatory manner and cut services to smaller threats, depriving users from the benefits of competition and reducing privacy protections and services along the way — all in an effort to boost its bottom line through increased advertising revenue.