FTC v. Meta: the antitrust battle over Instagram and WhatsApp
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Zuckerberg downplays that he wanted to buy Instagram to ‘neutralize a potential competitor.’
The Meta CEO is testifying about a February 2012 exchange with then-CFO David Ebersman, who said one (potentially bad) reason to buy a company is to “neutralize a potential competitor.” Seeming to ignore Ebersman’s opinion, Zuckerberg said that was one of the reasons he’d actually consider buying Instagram.
On the stand, Zuckerberg says that when you buy a company, you’re obviously taking a competitor off the market, but he thinks Meta maximized Instagram’s value.
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