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Instagram Will Soon Let You Re-Order Your Feed, Post Without Broadcasting to Everyone
- Friday June 13, 2025
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Instagram will soon let users re-order their feed for better control over the content, the company announced on Thursday. It will also let them post photos and videos without broadcasting it to everyone's feed. The social media platform also announced a new feature which lets users share currently playing Spotify tracks in Notes, alongside a partne...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
- Thursday June 12, 2025
- Reuters
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Future Lies With Judge as FTC Antitrust Trial Ends
- Wednesday May 28, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Josh Sisco, Bloomberg News
Meta's fate against the FTC's antitrust case is now up to a federal judge to decide whether the company should be broken up. If Judge Boasberg sides with the FTC and finds the company illegally monopolised that market, it’s possible Meta could be forced to spin off Instagram, WhatsApp, or both.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case
- Friday May 16, 2025
- Reuters
Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission's case that accuses it of illegal social media monopoly. Meta is now presenting its own evidence at the trial, which may run into June.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram Chief Says App Has Feared TikTok Threat for Years
- Friday May 9, 2025
- Riley Griffin, Bloomberg News
As Instagram has evolved to compete with TikTok with more video entertainment, so has the reason people come to the platform, platform’s chief Adam Mosseri told a federal court in Washington during the US antitrust trial against Meta. Only one in six posts to Instagram’s Stories feature are now from people engaging with their friends and family...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
- Wednesday April 23, 2025
- Samuel Stolton and Gian Volpicelli, Bloomberg News
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Zuckerberg Considered "Spinning Instagram Out" Over Antitrust Worries
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- World News | AP
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial.
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Meta's Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny, Document Shows
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- Reuters
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over concerns about growing risk of antitrust scrutiny. The document was shown during Zuckerberg's second day of testimony at the high-stakes trial, in which the Us Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Added "Value" To Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg At US Antitrust Trial
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Disputes US Antitrust Case in Trial Testimony
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- Reuters
Mark Zuckerberg testified in a US antitrust trial this week. The FTC is seeking to force Meta to restructure Instagram and WhatsApp, challenging its reliance on ad revenue and its dominance in the social networking space. Meta has argued that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Mark Zuckerberg Testifies At Landmark Antitrust Trial That Could Force Him To Sell Instagram
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US anti-trust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Landmark US Antitrust Trial Could Force Zuckerberg To Sell Instagram
- Monday April 14, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Meta case is being made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the powerful US consumer protection agency, and could see the owner of Facebook forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Faces FTC Trial With Instagram, WhatsApp Breakup at Risk
- Thursday April 10, 2025
- By Josh Sisco, Kurt Wagner and Riley Griffin, Bloomberg
The US Federal Trade Commission is targeting Meta's deals for Instagram and WhatsApp in a landmark antitrust lawsuit set to go to trial Monday, alleging that the acquisitions were illegal, should never have been approved and should be broken up.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta To Face Trial In US Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Wednesday April 9, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Instagram Will Soon Let You Re-Order Your Feed, Post Without Broadcasting to Everyone
- Friday June 13, 2025
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Instagram will soon let users re-order their feed for better control over the content, the company announced on Thursday. It will also let them post photos and videos without broadcasting it to everyone's feed. The social media platform also announced a new feature which lets users share currently playing Spotify tracks in Notes, alongside a partne...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts
- Thursday June 12, 2025
- Reuters
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Future Lies With Judge as FTC Antitrust Trial Ends
- Wednesday May 28, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Josh Sisco, Bloomberg News
Meta's fate against the FTC's antitrust case is now up to a federal judge to decide whether the company should be broken up. If Judge Boasberg sides with the FTC and finds the company illegally monopolised that market, it’s possible Meta could be forced to spin off Instagram, WhatsApp, or both.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case
- Friday May 16, 2025
- Reuters
Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission's case that accuses it of illegal social media monopoly. Meta is now presenting its own evidence at the trial, which may run into June.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram Chief Says App Has Feared TikTok Threat for Years
- Friday May 9, 2025
- Riley Griffin, Bloomberg News
As Instagram has evolved to compete with TikTok with more video entertainment, so has the reason people come to the platform, platform’s chief Adam Mosseri told a federal court in Washington during the US antitrust trial against Meta. Only one in six posts to Instagram’s Stories feature are now from people engaging with their friends and family...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
- Wednesday April 23, 2025
- Samuel Stolton and Gian Volpicelli, Bloomberg News
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Zuckerberg Considered "Spinning Instagram Out" Over Antitrust Worries
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- World News | AP
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta's Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny, Document Shows
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- Reuters
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over concerns about growing risk of antitrust scrutiny. The document was shown during Zuckerberg's second day of testimony at the high-stakes trial, in which the Us Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Added "Value" To Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg At US Antitrust Trial
- Wednesday April 16, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Disputes US Antitrust Case in Trial Testimony
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- Reuters
Mark Zuckerberg testified in a US antitrust trial this week. The FTC is seeking to force Meta to restructure Instagram and WhatsApp, challenging its reliance on ad revenue and its dominance in the social networking space. Meta has argued that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Mark Zuckerberg Testifies At Landmark Antitrust Trial That Could Force Him To Sell Instagram
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US anti-trust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Landmark US Antitrust Trial Could Force Zuckerberg To Sell Instagram
- Monday April 14, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Meta case is being made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the powerful US consumer protection agency, and could see the owner of Facebook forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Faces FTC Trial With Instagram, WhatsApp Breakup at Risk
- Thursday April 10, 2025
- By Josh Sisco, Kurt Wagner and Riley Griffin, Bloomberg
The US Federal Trade Commission is targeting Meta's deals for Instagram and WhatsApp in a landmark antitrust lawsuit set to go to trial Monday, alleging that the acquisitions were illegal, should never have been approved and should be broken up.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta To Face Trial In US Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
- Wednesday April 9, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
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www.ndtv.com