Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram

A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta kicked off in Washington on Monday.

Lawyers for the US competition and consumer watchdog allege Meta unlawfully quashed rivals by purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp over a decade ago.

"They decided that competition was too hard and it would be easier to buy out their rivals than to compete with them," said Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawyer Daniel Matheson.

Meta countered that the lawsuit from the FTC, which reviewed and approved those acquisitions, is "misguided."