Published on: 2025-06-17 20:32:12
After weeks of arguments in the Federal Trade Commission's monopoly trial, Meta is done defending its decade-plus-old acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp—at least for now. The seven-week trial ended Tuesday, with the FTC urging Judge James Boasberg to rule that a breakup is necessary to end Meta's alleged monopoly in the "personal social networking services" market, where Meta currently faces sparse competition among other apps connecting friends and family. As alleged by the FTC, Meta's int
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 20:24:11
The high-stakes antitrust case that could force Meta to unwind Instagram and WhatsApp has officially wrapped. After six weeks of testimony and 38 witnesses, including Mark Zuckerberg himself, it is now up to Judge James E. Boasberg to make history, whichever way he rules. The biggest tech antitrust case since United States v. Microsoft Corp. The case, Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, accuses the company of monopolizing social networking by acquiring rivals instead of competing with
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