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Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly case
Rather than enshittification, what Meta did to Instagram could be considered "a consumer-welfare bonanza," Meta argued, while ...
Meta asks judge to toss FTC case
Meta asked a federal judge Thursday to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case against the social media giant, arguing ...
Meta asks judge to toss FTC antitrust case
Meta claimed that the Federal Trade Commission failed to prove during the five-week trial that the company violated antitrust ...
Meta Asks Judge to Rule That FTC Failed to Prove Its Monopoly Case
(Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a Washington judge on Thursday to throw out the U.S. Federal Trade ...
FTC Rests at Meta Monopoly Trial, Shifting Focus to Defense
The Federal Trade Commission wrapped up its case for breaking up Meta Platforms Inc. as an illegal social-media monopoly, ...
Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta seeks mid-trial dismissal of FTC antitrust battle
Meta is battling a high-stakes antitrust case brought by the FTC, with the trial nearing a critical juncture. Meta has ...
Meta Pleads With Judge To Dismiss FTC's Antitrust Case in High-Stakes Trial
Meta urged a federal judge to dismiss the significant antitrust case filed by the FTC during an ongoing trial that could ...
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McDonald's and Chipotle Mock the FTC's Attacks On Meta and Instagram
In 1998, fast-food giant McDonald's invested in a small Colorado burrito chain with just sixteen restaurants: Chipotle. Under ...
Meta Shares Usage Insights in FTC Trial
Meta’s ongoing court battle against the FTC, which could result in Meta being forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp due to ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta asks judge to throw out FTC’s antitrust case — in middle of high-stakes trial
Meta has asked a federal judge to throw out the FTC’s landmark antitrust case – in the middle of the trial that could result ...
Meta exec’s frantic warning about Instagram’s alarming ‘fake’ activity numbers in spotlight at FTC trial
An executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta once cited estimates that as much as 40% of all engagement on Instagram was fake, ...