Posted by Alumni from Wired
April 16, 2025
The trial between the US Federal Trade Commission and Meta began this week'and the future of the company is at stake. The FTC wants Meta to sell off two prized assets, Instagram and WhatsApp, arguing that it acquired them illegally to suppress competition. Today on the show, senior writer Paresh Dave joins host Zoe Schiffer to discuss what we know right now about the government's case'and what we learned when Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday. Zoe Schiffer: Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm WIRED's director of business and industry, Zoe Schiffer. Today on the show, we're talking about the FTC versus Meta trial. The US Federal Trade Commission is alleging that Meta illegally acquired Instagram and WhatsApp in an effort to suppress competition, and it wants to force Meta to spin off those assets into separate entities. Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg took the stand to defend his company. We're going to get into it today. I'm joined by Paresh Dave, senior writer at WIRED, to talk... learn more
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