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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun an antitrust trial against Meta over the company's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and allegations that the company holds a monopoly over the social networking market.

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  • Business

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims

In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A photograph taken during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in January shows the logo of Meta, the U.S. company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp.

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  • Business

Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims

Dozens of witnesses are set to take the stand in the trial, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify for seven hours. The outcome could reshape the future of Meta.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The WhatsApp icon is seen on an iPhone in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 15, 2018.

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  • Technology

WhatsApp says its service is back after an outage disrupted messages

The popular chat app has been restored following a brief outage Tuesday that left people around the world complaining that they couldn't send or receive messages.

October 25, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Russian court has banned Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, for "extremist activities." WhatsApp is excluded from the ruling, however.

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  • Technology

A Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram as extremist

The ruling amounts to an immediate ban of Facebook and Instagram in Russia, where both platforms are already blocked. WhatsApp, which is owned by the same company, is still allowed.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Meta banned seven surveillance firms from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on Thursday, accusing the firms of using the platforms to spy on about 50,000 unsuspecting people.

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  • Technology

Facebook bans 7 'surveillance-for-hire' companies that spied on 50,000 users

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says the firms used its platforms to spy on human rights activists, government critics, celebrities and journalists in more than 100 countries.

December 16, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
An update to Facebook's routers that coordinate network traffic went wrong on Monday, sending a wave of disruption and effectively shutting down Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.

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  • Technology

Why Facebook and Instagram went down for hours on Monday

When a company can't use the internet's core protocols, it's as if its online domains simply don't exist. That happened to Facebook, creating a cascade of problems.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Bill Chappell
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on October 28, 2020.

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  • Technology

Facebook Gets Reprieve As Court Throws Out Major Antitrust Complaints

The decision is a blow to the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general, who were pushing for the federal court to break up the social media giant.

June 29, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a standoff with social media companies over what content gets investigated or blocked online, and who gets to decide.

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  • Asia

India And Tech Companies Clash Over Censorship, Privacy And 'Digital Colonialism'

India's new social media rules give the government broad powers to block some content and break encryption. It's the latest in a standoff with tech companies over censorship, privacy and free speech.

June 10, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Shannon Bond
Priyali Sur, 29 weeks pregnant, at home in Delhi on April 30.

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  • Global Health

She Was Pregnant. She Was Sick. And In India, She Had Nowhere To Go

A pregnant journalist investigates and finds many pregnant, COVID-positive women can't access life-saving healthcare during the country's deadly second wave.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Priyali Sur
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in 2019. His company has been hit with twin lawsuits alleging it abused its power in order to crush rivals.

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  • Technology

'The Wrath Of Mark': 4 Takeaways From The Government's Case Against Facebook

Twin complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general paint a portrait of a company protecting its power at all costs.

December 11, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond

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  • Global Health

Goat Sales For Eid Were Tanking Due To The Pandemic. So Marketers Got Creative

It's been hard to sell the sacrificial animal in India for the Eid al-Adha holiday amid COVID-19. Goat dealers are trying everything from a pageant hosted by a TikTok star to WhatsApp orders.

July 31, 2020
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By:
  • Sandip Roy

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