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FTC Rests Case at Meta Monopoly Trial, Shifting Focus to Defense
The Federal Trade Commission wrapped up its case for breaking up Meta Platforms Inc. as an illegal social-media monopoly, ...
Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and ...
Meta exec’s frantic warning about Instagram’s alarming ‘fake’ activity numbers in spotlight at FTC trial
An executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta once cited estimates that as much as 40% of all engagement on Instagram was fake, ...
The Morning After: What we learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial (so far)
Years after the Federal Trade Commission sued Meta in a bid to halt acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, the trial that ...
Meta ‘nudged’ prominent Big Tech critic in plea for help ahead of landmark FTC antitrust trial: sources
Meta “nudged” a prominent Big Tech critic to help Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media giant curry favor with powerful Republicans ...
Meta’s Facebook Chief Defends Shift From Friend Content, Says Users Don’t Know What They Want
The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a ...
What smart people are saying about Meta's argument that it's not a social media monopoly
Top antitrust experts think the FTC will have a tough time winning the trial — but there's still a real chance Meta will sell ...
Instagram head Adam Mosseri knew 40% of platform’s activity was ‘Fake,’ Meta’s US FTC trial reveals
During Meta's FTC trial, it was revealed that Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, was aware of potentially high levels of fake ...
Meta on trial: Every revelation from the Meta-FTC antitrust trial so far
The antitrust trial is years in the making, with the FTC originally opening the investigation in 2019 during the first Trump ...
US FTC chair seeks to trim agency by around 10%
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking to trim its headcount by around 10%, its chairman told Congress on Thursday, ...
What we learned from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri's testimony at the Meta antitrust trial
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri testified Thursday in the Meta antitrust trial in DC federal court.
Meta's 'Hail Mary' Before Landmark Antitrust Trial Began: Here's Who The Company Called
Meta Platforms wanted to avoid its antitrust trial and reached out to a company that had written negative stories on the ...