Meta’s historic antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram

The US government’s major antitrust lawsuit against social media giant Meta kicks off Monday in a Washington courtroom. Meta will face allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it misused its market dominance to purchase Instagram and WhatsApp before they could develop into rivals. Both platforms have developed into global powerhouses since their acquisition. At stake is the prospect of Meta having to spin off its widely used platforms into separate businesses—a corporate dissolution not witnessed since AT&T’s telephone monopoly was broken up over four decades ago.