A federal judge rules the ftc failed to prove meta monopolized social media through its purchases of instagram and whatsapp. The ftc was seeking to force meta to divest itself of both instagram and whatsapp, despite the commission originally approving their purchases in 2012 and 2014, respectively. The court agreed with meta’s argument that the platform competed with groups such as google’s youtube and tiktok, which the ftc had not included in its definition of “personal social. San francisco (ap) — meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off instagram and whatsapp after a judge ruled that the. The ftc claimed meta shouldn't have been allowed to buy instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and whatsapp for $19 billion in 2014, and the agency called for those units to be sliced off from the company.
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