The ruling denies the agency’s attempt to force the Facebook parent to unwind its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions.

In a major victory for Meta, the social media giant was recently found not guilty of breaking federal antitrust laws with its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging platform ...

U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg found the agency didn’t prove its claims that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 allowed the company to hold an illegal monopoly in ...

A District of Columbia federal judge has ruled that Meta does not have a monopoly in the market for social media in the United States, rejecting ...

U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg found the agency didn’t prove its claims that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram in ...

A federal judge ruled that the FTC failed to prove Meta formed a monopoly through its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram.

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as ...

A federal judge rules that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions did not give it monopoly power over social media. The ruling spares the Menlo Park-based company from possible ...

Media Matters for America has sued the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that the agency is unfairly targeting it in retaliation for past criticisms of the social media platform X in violation of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does ...

In the November 2025 alert⁠ titled “How to avoid an online shopping scam this holiday season,” the FTC notes that scammers often pose as legitimate retailers. They launch fake ads on social media ...