For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp flourished outside Meta’s control instead of being acquired by the tech giant. In the ...

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarize unread messages in both one-on-one and ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Meta have wrapped up a six-week trial over the Facebook and Instagram parent’s alleged social networking monopoly, leaving the final decision in the hands of ...

Meta is battling a high-stakes antitrust case brought by the FTC, with the trial nearing a critical juncture. Meta has requested a federal judge to di ...

Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale and was quickly lauded as one of Silicon Valley's most promising ...

Meta agreed to pay $14.8 billion for a 49 percent stake in the AI data firm Scale AI, which will give the company access to ...

Nevertheless, during cross-examination by the FTC, Acton acknowledged that WhatsApp had already introduced social features before the acquisition, including group messaging, video sharing ...

The social media giant is getting CEO Alexandr Wang in a $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI, as it plans to build out ...

Meta challenges FTC's market definition, arguing for the dismissal of the high-profile antitrust lawsuit. The fate of Instagram and WhatsApp hangs in the balance as Meta faces potential breakup in ...

An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of ...

Meta mounted its defense in Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms by ... competition and that its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp had ultimately benefited those apps.