A lawsuit filed in Illinois accuses both companies of engaging in anticompetitive behavior for intentionally sunsetting Facebook Watch to give its share of the streaming market to Netflix. In return,

A lawsuit seeking class action status accuses Meta of rolling back its now shuttered Facebook Watch streaming video service to give Netflix a clear path as part of a deal to split the spoils of the new digital landscape.

The suit says that Meta colluded with Netflix to shut down its Facebook Watch streaming service in a quid-pro-quo agreement. Is it possible that Netflix’s climb to the top of the streaming heap included some underhanded dealings?

The proposed class action points to Meta's streaming ambitions with Facebook Watch, whose original programming division shuttered last year.

Netflix and Meta are being sued for an alleged agreement that, the suit states, involved the deliberate "hobbling" of Facebook Watch.