FTC v. Meta: the antitrust battle over Instagram and WhatsApp
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Facebook was urgently working on an Instagram competitor months before the deal.
The FTC is attempting to demonstrate that Meta viewed its Facebook Camera app as a competitor to Instagram, and that until the deal to acquire Instagram, it was actively working to address its issues and release it. In notes to his team in January 2012 from what Stoop says is known within Meta as a “Zuck Review,” Stoop summarized Zuckerberg’s feedback. “Instagram is growing quickly,” he wrote, so getting Facebook Camera “out the door fast is a huge priority.”
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