# Examples of merger halts

Sometimes, depending on who is elected and [what stock they own](groups-large.md), Big Tech mergers and acquisitions are stopped outright by governments.

Anti-Facebook/Meta

- [2022-01 The FTC is breaking up Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp (ongoing as of 2022/01)](https://web.archive.org/web/20220113164618/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/federal-trade-commission-facebook-instagram-lawsuit_n_61defaf3e4b04e9d84df179e).

Anti-Google/Alphabet

- [2021-12 A Texas-led group of US states are filing an antitrust case against Google (ongoing as of 2022/01)](https://web.archive.org/web/20211201212854/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903.152.0_1.pdf).
- [2021-11 Google loses an EU antitrust ruling and must pay a $2.8-billion fine](https://web.archive.org/web/20211110102908/https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-court-upholds-eu-antitrust-ruling-against-google-2021-11-10/).

Anti-Microsoft

- [2023-04 The UK has blocked a merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard](https://archive.is/20230427002152/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/microsoft-s-69-billion-activision-deal-blocked-by-uk-watchdog), though [a US judge has ruled it's alright to go through](https://archive.is/20230712094934/https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rules-for-microsoft-mergers).

Other

- [2021-01 NVIDIA was in talks to merge with Arm](https://web.archive.org/web/20210116093647/https://arm.nvidia.com/), but [called it off later and the CEO resigned](https://web.archive.org/web/20220208081800/https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/07/nvidia-and-arm-call-off-80b-merger-and-arm-ceo-resigns/).
- [2021-12 The FTC is trying to block a massive merger between the microchip supplier NVIDIA and the microchip designer Arm (ongoing as of 2022/01)](https://web.archive.org/web/20211202202237/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger).
- [2022-01 Chicago has filed an antitrust case against John Deere's alleged tractor repair monopoly](https://web.archive.org/web/20220115002154/https://techstory.in/john-deere-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-for-alleged-tractor-repair-monopoly/), [as well as a cattle farmer](https://web.archive.org/web/20220131211918/https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/alabama-farmer-sues-john-deere-for-right-to-repair.html).
- [2023-02 The DOJ is stopping an Adobe-Figma merger](https://archive.is/20230224002026/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-23/doj-preparing-suit-to-block-adobe-s-20-billion-deal-for-figma).