Facebook in July filed a formal request calling for the recusal of Khan in any antitrust action against the social media giant, arguing that she is biased and cannot rule impartially. The move follows a similar request from Amazon in anticipation of a wave of antitrust enforcement action against Big Tech firms from the regulatory agency under its leader appointed by Biden. Large tech enterprises have often been criticized for their lack of fair comparison of competitor's offerings. Whenever a new player emerges, they tend to launch a takeover bid and attempt to buy over the company. Facebook was one of the large organizations often criticized for buying over social media startups to reduce the competition for their erstwhile platform. This included the purchase of messaging application WhatsApp, and the social media photo and video app, Instagram.