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Mark Zuckerberg’s giant social network — which on Wednesday got sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly using its deals to buy Instagram and WhatsApp to sidestep competition — has tapped some of the nation’s top litigators for the battle, The Post has learned.

Forty state attorneys general are expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Wednesday, alleging that the company engages in anticompetitive behavior, people familiar with the lawsuit told Fox News.

The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission, setting up the agency for a stretch of partisan gridlock likely to stymie President-elect Joe Biden’s policies.

Facebook is changing the way its algorithms address hate speech on the platform with a new scoring system.

The Trump administration is suing Facebook for allegedly giving out high-paying jobs to immigrant workers rather than looking for Americans to fill the role.

It is not known what the states plan to include in their complaint

Facebook's Independent Oversight Board has announced the first six cases that it plans to review.

Big Tech’s legal woes are expected to worsen in the coming weeks as federal and state antitrust authorities prepare to file new lawsuits against Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, people familiar with the matter said.

President Trump once again railed against Big Tech and the media for controlling the narrative and failing to investigate what he calls massive voter fraud, in his first interview since Election Day.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle champion stronger oversight of the industry, arguing its massive market power is out of control, crushing smaller competitors and endangering consumers’ privacy.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., slammed Facebook after the New York Times reported that a post-election change to the platform's newsfeed algorithm favored outlets including CNN, The New York Times and NPR.

State and federal lawmakers could file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook over its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, according to a new report.

Over the past month, it has become clear that tech leaders are willing to silence people who don’t think as they do.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., reiterated the danger big tech poses to American freedom and offered solutions to end the abuse of power.

"Reprehensible. Mark Zuckerberg confirms that Facebook won’t ban people who call for murder—so long as they don’t do it too often!," Cohen tweeted. "Make no mistake—like Myanmar and Kenosha, more innocent people will be killed. And Facebook will be why."

Sen. Marsha Blackburn explained how social media executives are driving cancel culture through political censorship and suppression of free speech.