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Meta’s US Antitrust Trial: WhatsApp Acquisition Wasn’t to Prevent It From Becoming Rival, Exec Says
The FTC wants Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp to create a more level playing field in the social app market.
EXCLUSIVE: If Meta Is Forced To Divest Instagram, WhatsApp, Or Facebook, 43% Pick This Standout
An antitrust trial against Meta Platforms could force the company to break-up or spinoff units. Benzinga readers share their ...
Meta allows Facebook, Instagram AI bots to engage in sick sex talk with kids — including in voices of Disney characters, celebs: report
The Journal’s testing plumbed the depths that the chatbots would go — including having a fake version of Bell reprise her ...
FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp
The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two ...
Meta AI is coming for ChatGPT
Meta probably should have created a standalone Meta AI mobile app from the start to take on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek ...
Mark Zuckerberg — the man who made Facebook — wants you to cut down on your screen time
Mark Zuckerberg says the future of tech is heading away from screens to augmented reality and holograms.
Meta is trying to clean up Facebook spam
Meta is ramping up efforts to rid Facebook of spammy content, the company announced on Thursday. It’s cracking down on ...
Meta deemed 'a slightly safer space to hide' in the world of digital ads
If there's turbulence in the digital-advertising market, Meta is "perhaps a slightly safer space to hide," according to Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik. He thinks Meta's advertising traction was still ...