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FTC v. Meta: the antitrust battle over Instagram and WhatsApp

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Meta trial enters week five.

The FTC is expected to wrap up its case this week, meaning Meta will then get the chance to call its own witnesses for its case-in-chief. Meta CMO Alex Schultz is back on the stand testifying about the staffing and expertise the company gave Instagram after its 2012 acquisition. He says that for the first three to four years post-deal, Meta gave Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom pretty much “everything he wanted.”

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