The Federal Trade Commission lost its antitrust case against Meta last year, but the regulator hasn’t given up on its attempts to punish the social media company for its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. The FTC class=”link ” href=”https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/01/ftc-appeals-ruling-meta-monopolization-case?utm_campaign=ftc_appeals_ruling_in_met&utm_content=1768942840&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook,linkedin,twitter” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:is appealing;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"is appealing","yLinkPosition":"1","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>is appealing a ruling last year in which a federal judge found that the government hadn’t proven that Meta is currently operating as a monopoly.
“Meta has maintained its dominant position and record profits for well over a decade not through legitimate competition, but by buying its most…
