US: Meta wins major antitrust case, avoids forced break-up
The US tech giant Meta — formerly Facebook — dodged a bullet on Tuesday when US District Judge James Boasberg ruled in its favor in a major antitrust case filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2020 and ending in May.
The case posed an existential challenge to the company, charging that it had simply purchased Instagram and WhatsApp to stave off competition. An unfavorable ruling would have forced the company to divest from Instagram and WhatsApp.
