In a breakdown of the case for *The American Prospect*, editor-in-chief David Dayen opines that "The Government Has Already Won the Meta Case," having hanged Zuck on his own words:
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-16-government-already-won-meta-case-tiktok-ftc-zuckerberg/
The government is attempting to prove that Zuck bought Instagram and Whatsapp in order to extinguish competitors (and not, for example, because he thought they were good businesses that complimented Facebook's core product offerings).
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