Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s $24m DC suck-up campaign – and whether it will be enough to save Meta

Big Tech’s big disappointment

Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to win over Donald Trump hasn’t helped him with antitrust regulators.

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s $24m DC suck-up campaign – and whether it will be enough to save Meta

As the FTC pressures Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley big shots read the tea leaves to see what their own fortunes might be.

FTC could be in trouble as Meta antitrust trial enters second week, expert says

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could face an uphill battle in its antitrust case against Meta as the agency and tech giant continue to lay out their arguments in court.The trial began on April 14, with the FTC alleging that Meta "has engaged in anticompetitive acquisitions to protect its dominant position" in personal social networking.The agency's lawsuit takes particular issue with Meta's purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp and calls for th…

FTC v. Meta: the first two weeks have been like entering a time warp, focusing on long-dead apps like Path, underscoring the FTC's challenge in bringing a case

Techrights — Links 22/04/2025: FTC v. Meta Trial and Google Remedies

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Is Meta too big for its own good? What the latest antitrust trial says about big tech's future - We Do Digital

Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – is once again in the spotlight, this time facing off with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a high-stakes antitrust trial. At the heart of the case is a bold accusation: that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 were less about innovation and more about crushing competition. Read more...