Instagram would have been successful even if Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had never purchased the photo-sharing app for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom said during the FTC’s ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s emails fretting about how to stop rivals like Instagram from catching Facebook are powerful evidence at the FTC’s antitrust trial – and the case could ultimately hinge on ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s private emails about Facebook’s purchase of Instagram more than a decade ago came back to haunt Meta at its historic antitrust trial this week – and the outcome of the case ...

In a landmark antitrust trial that commenced on April 14, 2025, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces the possibility of being compelled to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. Federal Trade ...

CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp on the stand this week during the start of trial over the blockbuster antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade ...

Media Buzz Mark Zuckerberg on the stand: ‘Crazy,’ ‘scary’ ideas led him to buy Instagram and WhatsApp Zuck bought Instagram and WhatsApp before they got big – now, he dominates the ...

Before Mark Zuckerberg acquired Instagram, he was also deeply worried about a now defunct social media platform, Path. Founded in 2010, Path was seen as a direct challenger to Facebook throughout ...

Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook Sarah Perez 11:56 AM PDT · April 21, 2025 ...

In particular, a sibling-like rivalry between Instagram and Facebook was brewing for years — and vexed Mark Zuckerberg. Meta is in the middle of an antitrust trial brought by the FTC, which aims ...

Mark Zuckerberg returned Tuesday for a second day of testimony in Meta's antitrust trial. The Meta boss was grilled by the FTC about his company's 2012 purchase of Instagram.

Home Business Legal Mark Zuckerberg, Testifying In Meta Antitrust Trial, Confronted Over Decision To Buy Instagram As Facebook Sought To Create A Rival — Update ...