At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp
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At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, said he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because it was hard to build new apps and dodged questions about whether he was trying to snuff…

Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly
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Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking off a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle a social media empire that has transformed how the world connects…

Meta Agrees to Pay Trump Million to Settle His Lawsuit
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The move was a significant…

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided…

What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?
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What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, Mark Zuckerberg tried to keep his social networks above the fray of partisan politics. And why not? Meta’s flagship apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — were rowdy nation-states unto themselves, with billions of users, fragile internal politics, skittish advertisers, perpetually…