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Meta’s FTC Trial: Instagram Reels Not a True TikTok Substitute, FTC Witness Argues
The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a ...
New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own ...
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Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims
To make its case, the FTC cited Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's own ... which points out the popularity of competing services like TikTok, YouTube and X. Meta says the government has "gerrymandered ...
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Mark Zuckerberg testifies that TikTok was ‘highly urgent’ threat to Meta at FTC antitrust trial
Zuckerberg sought to bolster Meta’s argument that it faces fierce competition from TikTok ... FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson in late March and offered $450 million to settle the agency’s claims ...
What smart people are saying about Meta's argument that it's not a social media monopoly
Top antitrust experts think the FTC will have a tough time winning the trial — but there's still a real chance Meta will sell ...
Facebook owner Meta faces existential threat at trial over Instagram, WhatsApp
WASHINGTON—Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an ...
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Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims
Meta also says it is not as dominant as the FTC claims. Meta argues it competes with TikTok, with YouTube, with Snapchat and many other apps vying for everyone's attention. So Meta says ...
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Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims
Hansen said the FTC is deploying a social media market definition it created that excludes TikTok, YouTube and Apple’s iMessage. “That’s indefensible,” Hansen told the judge. The broad ...