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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018 , according to email.

The email was presented to the court during Zuckerberg 's second day of testimony.

Zuckerberg appeared to comment on the possibility of separating the photo-sharing app his company purchased for $1 billion .

"There is a non-trivial chance that we will be forced to spin out Instagram and perhaps WhatsApp in the next 5-10 years anyway," Zuckerberg wrote.

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