Meta wins antitrust fight over instagram and whatsapp a judge shut down the ftc’s push to unwind meta’s instagram and whatsapp buys, saying the deals didn’t choke competition or justify a. Meta’s acquisitions of instagram and whatsapp did not illegally stifle competition in social networking, a judge found, a major win for the tech giant. A us judge dismissed the federal government’s antitrust lawsuit against meta on tuesday, ruling that the tech giant’s acquisition of instagram and whatsapp did not constitute an illegal monopoly in social media A federal judge rules the ftc failed to prove meta monopolized social media through its purchases of instagram and whatsapp. Meta’s acquisition of instagram and whatsapp did not create an illegal social media monopoly, a federal judge ruled tuesday, a decision that solidifies the future of the $1.5 trillion tech giant.
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