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Instagram would have succeeded without Facebook’s $1B takeover, co-founder testifies

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Instagram CEO testified that Instagram was experiencing explosive user growth prior to Zuckerberg 's acquisition offer.

Systrom said he was confident Instagram could have rolled out features like video and private messages without Facebook’s help.

The testimony lends support to the FTC 's claim Meta used a “buy or bury” strategy to stop upstart apps like Instagram and WhatsApp .

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English

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