{"id":27863,"date":"2025-05-15T18:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27863"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:27:16","slug":"does-meta-have-a-social-media-monopoly-heres-what-the-u-s-has-argued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27863","title":{"rendered":"Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here\u2019s What the U.S. Has Argued."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.<\/p>\n

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For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission has questioned 30 witnesses as it has tried to prove that Meta illegally monopolized social networking through killer acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the government wrapped up its side in the case \u2014 Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms<\/a> \u2014 setting the stage for the social media giant formerly known as Facebook to mount its defense. <\/p>\n

During the first half of the trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia<\/a>, the government grilled Mark Zuckerberg, Meta\u2019s chief executive<\/a>, alongside executives from apps including TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and LinkedIn. F.T.C. lawyers tried to prove that Meta had overpaid for rival apps more than a decade ago in a \u201cbuy or bury\u201d strategy.<\/p>\n

Here are the F.T.C.\u2019s main arguments.<\/p>\n