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Mark Zuckerberg’s explosive ‘smoking gun’ emails about Instagram, WhatsApp take center stage at FTC antitrust trial
Mark Zuckerberg’s private emails about Facebook’s purchase of Instagram more than a decade ago came back to haunt Meta at its ...
FTC says Meta bought up its rivals instead of competing with them
Opening arguments are expected from the FTC and social media giant Meta as the first big antitrust trial of Trump’s second ...
Zuckerberg reportedly cozied up to Trump so he could settle his FTC lawsuit for $450m instead of $30bn
Zuckerberg attempted to settle an antitrust lawsuit with the FTC with the support of Trump – but it was ultimately ...
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg initially offered FTC a mere $450M in failed bid to settle antitrust case: report
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta reportedly extended a paltry offer of just $450 million to settle the landmark FTC antitrust case that ...
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Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?
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 ...
Meta CEO Zuckerberg returns to witness stand, pushes back against FTC antitrust allegations
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in federal court for a second day in a landmark federal antitrust trial accusing Meta of being a ...
Spinning off Instagram, the decline of ‘friending’ and other takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg at the FTC monopoly trial
CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp on the stand this week during the start of trial over the blockbuster antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade ...
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FTC stays the course on antitrust enforcement in defending premerger rule
For the FTC to champion a Biden-era policy underscores ... it could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram.
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Mark Zuckerberg called to testify in Facebook parent Meta's antitrust trial
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is facing off with the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, for Day one of a landmark antitrust trial that could result in the company ...
FTC confronts ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg with her past emails about rivals
Former Meta Coo Sheryl Sandberg testified in federal court Wednesday that Meta was willing to block advertisements from ...