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The FTC’s probable failure is further evidence that government regulators should refrain from intervening in markets they do ...
FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson repeatedly pressed Zuckerberg to explain several internal messages he sent to other Facebook executives about a potential purchase of Instagram in 2012 indicating that ...
The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long way to go to prove its case. Meta (then called Facebook) bought ...
Media Matters asked a court on Monday to block the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's probe into whether media watchdogs ...
For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp flourished outside Meta’s control instead of being acquired by the tech giant. In the ...
Over the past two days of testimony, the FTC has sought to show Meta was struggling to adapt to the shift from desktop to mobile in the early 2010s, when new apps like Instagram emerged on the ...
Instagram would have been successful even if Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had never purchased the photo-sharing app for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom said during the FTC’s ...
The trial, which starts on Monday, could force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the most widely used social media platforms in the world. Newsweek has contacted Meta and the FTC for ...
The strength of the FTC’s case primarily comes from evidence of Meta’s alleged anticompetitive intent behind buying Instagram and WhatsApp, she tells The Verge. The FTC’s amended complaint ...
We’re on Spotify too. Paresh Dave: The FTC is trying to get Facebook to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram. That's huge. Zoë Schiffer: That's a big deal. Let's start with what the FTC is actually ...
InsideSources.com The Meta v. FTC antitrust trial, in which the Federal Trade Commission was attempting to force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, recently concluded after six weeks.