SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does ...

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms defeated a U.S. attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company does not hold a social media ...

(Lionel BONAVENTURE/AFP/AFP) The EU said Thursday it has opened an antitrust probe to determine if the way Meta is rolling out AI features in WhatsApp breaches the bloc's competition rules. In ...

Mr. Wu is the author of “The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.” On Tuesday, the federal judge James Boasberg dismissed the U.S. government ...

Meta won a major antitrust lawsuit against the federal government on Tuesday, with a judge ruling the company’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp did not grant it a social networking monopoly. The ...

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more ...

Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp did not illegally stifle competition in social networking, a judge found, a major win for the tech giant. Meta has defended itself by saying that it faces ...

Meta Platforms stock was up 3.7% in early Thursday trading on the heels of a Bloomberg report that the company’s 2026 budget will see a 30% cut in expenses at the company’s money-losing metaverse ...

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to claim that, for more ...

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ruled Meta did not break antitrust laws by illegally stifling competition through its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, a defining win for the tech giant as it seeks ...