{"id":234998,"date":"2025-04-14T15:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/landmark-antitrust-trial-could-force-mark-zuckerberg-to-sell-instagram-and-whatsapp-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:04:58","slug":"landmark-antitrust-trial-could-force-mark-zuckerberg-to-sell-instagram-and-whatsapp-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/landmark-antitrust-trial-could-force-mark-zuckerberg-to-sell-instagram-and-whatsapp-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark antitrust trial could force Mark Zuckerberg to sell Instagram and WhatsApp | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lTiAwwuvjSY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Landmark antitrust trial could force Mark Zuckerberg to sell Instagram and WhatsApp | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTiAwwuvjSY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta is about to begin in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The US competition and consumer watchdog alleges that Meta, which already owned Facebook, bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to eliminate competition, effectively giving itself a monopoly.<\/p>\n<p>4th par &#8211; The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reviewed and approved those acquisitions but committed to monitor the outcomes. 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