{"id":19467,"date":"2025-04-15T18:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-trial-mark-zuckerberg-avoids-explaining-takeovers-of-instagram-and-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:02:51","slug":"at-trial-mark-zuckerberg-avoids-explaining-takeovers-of-instagram-and-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-trial-mark-zuckerberg-avoids-explaining-takeovers-of-instagram-and-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a second day on the stand of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/14\/technology\/meta-antitrust-trial-ftc.html\" title=\"\">a landmark antitrust trial<\/a>, 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 out competitive threats to his company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBuilding a new app is hard,\u201d he said when asked why, in one 2012 email that was presented, he had seemed intent on buying Instagram. \u201cWe\u2019ve probably tried building dozens of apps over the history of the company, and the majority of them don\u2019t go anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe could have built an app,\u201d he added. \u201cWhether it succeeded or not is a matter of speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s testimony is central to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/13\/technology\/meta-ftc-trial-whatsapp-instagram.html\" title=\"\">the antitrust trial<\/a>, being held in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The chief executive spent about several hours on Monday answering questions from lawyers as they tried to make the case that Mr. Zuckerberg saw the other apps as rivals that he needed to take out. During the questioning, which at times became contentious, Mr. Zuckerberg frequently said he didn\u2019t remember his thought process for certain emails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The case, Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, poses a consequential threat to Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s business, which he co-founded as Facebook in his Harvard dorm room in 2004. The F.T.C. is asking Judge James E. Boasberg, who is presiding over the case, to find the company guilty of using a \u201cbuy-or-bury\u201d strategy to kill off competition by acquiring nascent rivals like Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta bought Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If successful, the government is likely to ask the judge to break up Meta through selling off the two apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, legal experts cautioned, the F.T.C. faces an uphill climb to win. The government is asking a judge to look back more than a decade and prove that Meta stayed powerful by quashing competitors through its acquisitions. Regulators approved the Instagram and WhatsApp deals at the time, raising questions about why, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The suit against Meta is part of a broader push by U.S. regulators <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/13\/technology\/trump-tech-antitrust-cases.html\" title=\"\">to rein in the power<\/a> of the largest tech companies. The F.T.C. has also sued Amazon, accusing it of protecting a monopoly by squeezing sellers on its vast marketplace and favoring its own services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Department of Justice won a suit last year accusing Google of maintaining a monopoly in search, and a proceeding is set for next week to determine remedies for the violations. The D.O.J. has also sued Google over its dominance in ad technology. Apple was also a target of a suit by the government, which accused it of making it difficult for iPhone and iPad users to leave its ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During opening statements in the Meta trial on Monday, the F.T.C. said the company\u2019s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp cemented its power, depriving consumers of other social-networking options and edging out competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meta\u2019s lawyers denied the allegations in opening statements, countering that the company faces plenty of competition from TikTok and other social media platforms. Trying to unwind the mergers after they had been approved a decade ago would set a dangerous precedent, the lawyers added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, lawyers for the F.T.C. pressed Mr. Zuckerberg to explain internal communications that preceded the purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, both of which the company later bought. Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s notes \u2014 some of which date back 15 years \u2014 detailed fears about how his social media company, then known as Facebook, could compete on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, Mr. Matheson pointed to emails from 2012 among Mr. Zuckerberg and his top executives, in which they traded candid thoughts on employee performance, potential and past acquisitions, and the threat of upstart competitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In one email to Sheryl Sandberg, Meta\u2019s former chief operating officer, Mr. Zuckerberg told her he could teach her to play Settlers of Catan, a popular board game. He went on to criticize some lieutenants, saying that their lagging performance was one reason they needed to buy Instagram for $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA billion dollars is very expensive,\u201d Mr. Zuckerberg said on the stand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In another email in 2013, Mr. Zuckerberg told executives to block foreign competitors from advertising on Facebook, including popular Asian messaging apps like Kakao and WeChat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThose companies are trying to build social networks and replace us,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe revenue is immaterial to us compared to any risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg is expected to testify a total of seven hours. 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