# Social media giant Meta is set to face off against the US Federal Trade Commission in a landmark antitrust trial in Washington today. In the lawsuit, the FTC argues that owner Mark Zuckerberg’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014, respectively, were illegal and should never have been approved. It claims the transactions prevented companies from competing, effectively giving itself a monopoly. If FTC wins the case, Zuckerberg could be forced to sell off both Instagram and WhatsApp.
Landmark antitrust trial between Meta and US Federal Trade Commission to get underway