Reason Magazine
•Technology
Technology
79% Informative
Meta acquired Instagram in April 2012 for $1 billion in cash and Meta (then Facebook) shares and purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion in February 2014 .
FTC now alleges that Meta violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining a personal social networking monopoly by purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp .
But investing in software and attracting billions more users is a sign of competitiveness, not sclerosis.
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