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Meta chief Zuckerberg testifies at landmark US antitrust trial
Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US antitrust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
Meta Antitrust Trial Begins That Could Force Instagram Sale
Meta (META) went to court Monday against the Federal Trade Commission in a landmark antitrust case that could force the social media titan to sell off Instagram or WhatsApp.
Meta to Begin Training AI on User Data in EU
Meta will begin using content shared by adults in the European Union to train its artificial intelligence models after the European Data Protection Board said the company's approach met its legal requirements.
Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users
Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after activists raised concerns about data privacy.
Tech tariff reprieve, Meta's antitrust trial, Blue Origin flight
Morning Brief hosts Madison Mills and Brad Smith take a look at the top stories of April 14, 2025. Maxim Group managing director and senior consumer internet analyst Tom Forte discusses the impact of recent tariff moves on tech.
META Instagram & WhatsApp Trial Tests Trump Antitrust Appetite
A potentially weeks-long trial begins for Meta Platforms (META) to keep its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. The FTC seeks to divest the platforms from Meta after accusing the company of using them to maintain its dominant position.
Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU
Meta announced on Monday that it's going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU after previously pausing its plans to do so in response to regulatory pressure due to to data privacy concerns. The company will start training its AI on users' content in the EU this week, it said.
Can Meta Platforms' Expanding AI Focus Push the Stock Higher?
META expands its Ray-Ban smart glasses capabilities in the United Kingdom, adding advanced AI features, including object recognition and real-time translation.
U.S. Argues Meta Built a Social Media Monopoly
The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape its business.
Facebook owner Meta faces existential threat at trial over Instagram, WhatsApp
Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case where U.S. antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.
Meta faces landmark US antitrust trial
Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.
Meta begins court fight to maintain control of WhatsApp and Instagram
A high-stakes antitrust trial against Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) is getting underway in Washington, with US regulators seeking to undo the company's blockbuster acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses Meta, which owns Facebook, of buying out rising rivals to secure its dominance in the social media space.
