Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions

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A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of t

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Im so fucking tired of this corrupt justice.

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Meta has won its case against the FTC which argued the company is an illegal monopoly that shouldn’t have been allowed to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram. The judge wrote: “People treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram.”

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“Whether or not Meta enjoyed monopoly power in the past, though, the agency must show that it continues to hold such power now,” Boasberg said in the filing. “The Court’s verdict today determines that the FTC has not done so. A judgment so stating shall i

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