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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 ...
The FTC Discredited Its Case Against Meta In Its Opening Statement
Mark Zuckerberg is being forced to spend precious time in court for having seen the future of social media much better than ...
What Meta stands to lose if the FTC wins
In a blockbuster antitrust trial that’s just getting underway, the Federal Trade Commission is making its case that Meta ...
FTC confronts ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg with her past emails about rivals
Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testified in federal court Wednesday that Meta was willing to block ...
Sandberg Challenged Over Meta Business Moves During FTC Trial
Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta Platforms Inc., faced sharp questioning from the US Federal Trade ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in FTC antitrust trial case
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasised in federal court on Wednesday that he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because he saw value ...
MeWe was mentioned in the FTC case against Facebook. I'd never heard of it, so I tried it.
What's this MeWe that the FTC says is a competitor to Facebook? I cover tech, and I'd never heard of it. So I downloaded it ...
Mark Zuckerberg testifies that TikTok was ‘highly urgent’ threat to Meta at FTC antitrust trial
Mark Zuckerberg testified that China-owned TikTok was a “highly urgent” competitive threat to Meta – as he looked to derail ...
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 ...
When Mark Zuckerberg predicted in 2018 that Instagram and Facebook ‘may be broken up in the next five to 10 years’
Emails presented during the FTC's antitrust trial reveal Mark Zuckerberg foresaw a potential Instagram breakup as early as ...