(14 Apr 2025)
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Washington – 14 April 2025
1. U.S. Courthouse entrance
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oakland, California – 14 March 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press:
"Meta Platforms is facing what might be the biggest legal challenge in its history. It’s an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission under the first Trump administration, alleging that Meta operates an illegal monopoly."
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ARCHIVE: Menlo Park, California – 3 February 2023
3. Sign at Meta headquarters
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Oakland, California – 14 March 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press:
"So the FTC is arguing that when Meta bought Instagram, and WhatsApp, which are two social media powerhouses now, it did so to squash competition and eliminate rivals."
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ARCHIVE: Menlo Park, California – 3 February 2023
5. Various exteriors of Meta headquarters
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Oakland, California – 14 March 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press:
"So if the FTC prevails in this eight-week trial, what they’re seeking is to break off WhatsApp and Instagram from Meta Platforms. So Meta would only have basically its Facebook and AI business. This would be a huge blow for Meta because it’s estimated that about 50% of its advertising revenue comes from Instagram."
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Washington DC – 31 January 2024
7. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking at Senate Judiciary Committee on social media
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Oakland, California – 14 March 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press:
"The FTC defines competition is different from the way that Meta defines it. The FTC is defining it more narrowly so that basically only a few companies like Snapchat are considered rivals. Meta is saying that their rivals include YouTube and TikTok and even Apple’s iMessage."
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Washington DC – 31 January 2024
9. Various of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking with Sen. Josh Hawley at Senate Judiciary Committee on social media
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Oakland, California – 14 March 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press:
"So this is a really important trial for Meta and also for the tech industry as a whole. It really will test how much the FTC will go up against big tech companies that have come to dominate our lives."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Menlo Park, California – 12 February 2014
11. Thumbs-up "like" sign in front of Facebook campus
STORYLINE:
Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.
The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge Big Tech. The lawsuit was filed against Meta — then called Facebook — in 2020, during Trump’s first term. It claims the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to squash competition and establish an illegal monopoly in the social media market.
Meta, the FTC argues, has maintained a monopoly by pursuing CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s strategy, "expressed in 2008: ‘It is better to buy than compete.’ True to that maxim, Facebook has systematically tracked potential rivals and acquired companies that it viewed as serious competitive threats."
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