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Facebook's copycat behavior was reportedly tracked by Snapchat in a dossier called 'Project Voldemort' - and Snap may have given it to the FTC to help its investigation into the social media giant

Facebook's copycat behavior was reportedly tracked by Snapchat in a dossier called 'Project Voldemort' - and Snap may have given it to the FTC to help its investigation into the social media giant

FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, that the Federal Trade Commission will allege that Facebook misled users about its privacy practices as part of an expected settlement.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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In this April 10, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  • The dossier is said to document Facebook's anti-competitive practices, and was kept by Snap's legal team, $4.
  • "Dozens" of executives and developers are reportedly speaking with the FTC, including startup execs who lost their companies after losing access to Facebook's platform and founders who sold to Facebook.
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As $4, some of Facebook's biggest rivals are said to be getting involved.

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is reportedly providing the Federal Trade Commission with a dossier documenting what it considers anti-competitive behavior from the social media giant.

The dossier's name is Project Voldemort, $4.

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Lord Voldemort is the bad guy in the "Harry Potter" books and movies.

Facebook is notorious for replicating features, created by its competitors, for its platforms - Facebook itself, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Instagram Stories, for instance, is widely seen as a ripoff of Snap Stories. Camera filters on Facebook were first pioneered on Snapchat. $4.

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Snap was reportedly documenting those instances in its "Project Voldemort" dossier, which it is said to be sharing with the FTC. And it's not the only one who's said to be working with the FTC: $4 cites "executives from startups that became defunct after losing access to Facebook's platform" and "founders who sold their companies to Facebook."

Representatives for Snap, Facebook, and the FTC didn't respond to requests for comment as of publishing.

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