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Possible Separation if Meta face FTC Trial from Instagram & WhatsApp

Akinola Ajibola by Akinola Ajibola
November 15, 2024
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A DC District Court Judge said on Wednesday that Meta must deal with the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case, which alleges that the corporation dominated the social media market by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp.

Meta might be compelled to keep WhatsApp and Instagram apart. On Wednesday, a judge in the DC District Court decided that Meta must deal with the antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. By acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp, Meta is accused in this lawsuit of controlling the social media market.

In 2020, the FTC sued Meta, claiming the firm had acquired competitors WhatsApp and Instagram in an effort to suppress competition. When first dismissing the FTC’s lawsuit in 2021, Judge James Boasberg let it proceed when the agency filed an updated complaint.

In April, Meta requested once more that the court dismiss the FTC’s action. Although he rejected a claim that Meta engaged in anticompetitive behaviour by denying developers access to its API unless they committed not to compete with its apps, Boasberg has now made a majority decision in favor of the FTC.

Christopher Sgro, a spokesman for Meta, told The Verge that the firm is “confident” the trial would demonstrate that its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were “good” for customers. “The Commission is incorrectly continuing to assert that no deal is ever truly final and that businesses can be punished for innovating, even after the FTC reviewed and cleared these deals more than ten years ago and in spite of the overwhelming evidence that our services compete with YouTube, TikTok, X, Apple’s iMessage, and many others.”

The future government is anticipated to adopt a more relaxed stance on mergers and acquisitions, even though this lawsuit was brought during Trump’s first term in office. Tech firms like Meta are clearly beginning to pay attention. In recent weeks, we have witnessed prominent figures in the internet industry, such as Mark Zuckerberg, cosying up to President-elect Trump.

Major corporations are paying attention to the FTC’s antitrust case, which was brought while President-Elect Donald Trump was in office. His next government is anticipated to have a more relaxed stance on mergers and acquisitions. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, and other Big Tech executives have already begun to warm up to Trump, who is anticipated to succeed FTC Chair Lina Khan.

This is also because Lina Khan, the current chair of the FTC, is expected to be replaced by President-Elect Trump.

What might happen to Meta, then? The FTC may attempt to compel Meta to separate Instagram and WhatsApp from the other of its products, such as Facebook Messenger. However, this probably won’t be completed until after President-Elect Trump’s tenure is done.

I’m eager to follow the development of this case. The social media environment as we know it might change as a result, and the internet industry would be drastically disrupted if Meta were compelled to separate Instagram and WhatsApp. The trial is scheduled for November 25th. It will be interesting to watch how the case unfolds and what the long-term effects will be on the millions of users of the platforms.

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