A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ruled Meta did not break antitrust laws by illegally stifling competition through its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, a defining win for the tech giant as it seeks to expand its dominance in the AI era.

Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don't violate US antitrust law, ruled district judge James Boasberg on Tuesday. View on euronews

Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp.

District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s argument that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s decision dismissing the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against Meta, which accused the company of maintaining a monopoly in the market

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta dodged a forced selloff of Instagram and WhatsApp after beating the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark antitrust case.

Meta scored a major win on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that it is not a social networking monopoly, shooting down an argument from the US Federal Trade Commission that it should be forced to spin off two of its most popular platforms.

Meta has expanded its bug bounty program for WhatsApp, announcing new incentives to improve security research on the messaging platform alongside a $4 million

Meta is overhauling Facebook Marketplace with new collaborative tools, social features, an improved checkout experience, and Meta AI integrations, the company announced Thursday.

Uh oh, Meta is implementing a change that some users aren’t going to like (and others are going to applaud). Due to new guidelines for WhatsApp business accounts, soon AI chatbots will no longer be allowed when they’re used as the main purpose of the ...