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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 acquiring them.
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 ...
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 ...
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Judge Boasberg Denies Meta’s Early Exit in FTC Monopoly Showdown
Meta Platforms has concluded its defense in the significant FTC antitrust trial, arguing its acquisitions of Instagram and ...
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 ...
Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and ...
Meta Pleads With Judge To Dismiss FTC's Antitrust Case in High-Stakes Trial
Meta urged a federal judge to dismiss the significant antitrust case filed by the FTC during an ongoing trial that could ...
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Meta disputes monopoly claim, seeks dismissal of FTC lawsuit
In a court filing submitted on Thursday, the parent company of Facebook claimed the FTC’s case, presented over a five-week ...
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Meta Asks Judge to End FTC Antitrust Trial Early For Lack of Monopoly Evidence
Meta Platforms has asked a judge to dismiss the FTC's antitrust case mid-trial, claiming no proof of monopoly via ...
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
Meta claimed that the Federal Trade Commission failed to prove during the five-week trial that the company violated antitrust ...