Judgment Entered For Meta In FTC Antitrust Suit Alleging Monopoly In Buying Rivals

Mealey's ( November 19, 2025, 1:49 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Nov. 18 entered judgment in favor of Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.) regarding allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that Meta monopolized the personal social networking (PSN) market by buying rivals WhatsApp and Instagram, finding that the FTC failed to show Meta has monopoly power in the relevant market....