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

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AI is solving Meta’s ‘negative network effects’ problem.

Zuckerberg says network effects — where more users on a platform makes it better — are not always a good thing, even though the FTC says they’ve grown Meta’s power. He’s previously worried about this so much he’s considered resetting users’ Facebook friends. After accumulating friends over time, users might “wake up one day five years later” and realize they’re following people they no longer care about, he says. But AI recommendations have helped solve for this.

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