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Meta goes to trial to avoid a breakup

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Meta goes to trial in Washington, DC , on Monday .

The FTC says Meta bought Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014 .

The company's senior executives, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg , are expected to testify.

It's the third trial attempting to bust up Big Tech in two years , following the Justice Department's successful case against Google .

For Meta, fighting a forced spinoff of Instagram or WhatsApp is of existential importance.

Both apps are critical surfaces for Meta to distribute its AI assistant, Zuckerberg sees as the next major tech battle.

The government must prove that Meta has monopoly power in relevant market for the judge to be able to find it liable for illegally monopolizing it.

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