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FTC Rests at Meta Monopoly Trial, Shifting Focus to Defense
The Federal Trade Commission wrapped up its case Thursday for breaking up Meta Platforms Inc. as an illegal social-media ...
Did WhatsApp really need Meta?
In its telling of this alternate present, Instagram and WhatsApp are shadows of what they are in our world. They lacked the ...
Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly case
Rather than enshittification, what Meta did to Instagram could be considered "a consumer-welfare bonanza," Meta argued, while ...
Here’s What Meta Argued to Fend Off Monopoly Claims in Landmark Trial
The social media company called only a handful of witnesses as it sought to prove it helped Instagram and WhatsApp after ...
Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
Meta asks judge to toss FTC antitrust case
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, asked a federal judge to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against it. Meta ...
Meta Asks Judge to Rule That FTC Failed to Prove Its Monopoly Case
(Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a Washington judge on Thursday to throw out the U.S. Federal Trade ...
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, ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta seeks mid-trial dismissal of FTC antitrust battle
Meta is battling a high-stakes antitrust case brought by the FTC, with the trial nearing a critical juncture. Meta has ...
Meta asks judge to throw out antitrust case mid-trial
Meta has filed a motion for judgment on the antitrust case it’s currently fighting in court. The motion argues that the ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta asks judge to throw out FTC’s antitrust case — in middle of high-stakes trial
Meta has asked a federal judge to throw out the FTC’s landmark antitrust case – in the middle of the trial that could result ...
Meta asks judge to toss FTC case
Meta asked a federal judge Thursday to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case against the social media giant, arguing ...