Federal regulators as well as 48 states and districts, including Texas, accused the company of abusing its market power to crush smaller competitors.
The suit aims to have Facebook ordered to give up its hold on smaller cites like Instagram and WhatsApp.
Ian Sherr with CNET says government has to ask themselves, do they want to get a lot of money from Facebook or do they want to effect change.
"The government is going to have to prove that the consumer is harmed. No of us is paying for Facebook, It' free." Sherr says.
Facebook is the world's biggest social network with 2.7 billion users and a company with a market value of nearly $800 billion whose CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the world's fifth-richest individual and the most public face of Big Tech swagger.
Facebook said the government plan was unfair and would punish a successful business.
