Facebook on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit that accused the social media giant of illegal monopolistic practices. In its Oct. 4 filing (pdf), the social media company argued that the FTC failed to make a valid case for claiming that Facebook has monopoly power in the social media market. “The FTC’s amended complaint fails to fix the deficiencies of its first attempt, and should suffer the same fate,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement. The Facebook spokesperson argued that the company “competes vigorously” with companies like Twitter and YouTube and that the FTC “cannot credibly claim Facebook has monopoly power because no such power exists.” The FTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A court in June dismissed the FTC’s initial complaint against Facebook on grounds of insufficient evidence or explanation for how the agency determined it …