Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.
55 years, 3 months ago

Facebook has been trying to make a breakup impossible for years.

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The U.S. government wants to break up Facebook—and Facebook has spent years barricading its bunker for the fight. The FTC cites Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram, 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp, and restrictions on software developers as instances of monopolistic behavior that has smothered potential competitors. The commission is seeking a permanent injunction that would require Facebook to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp and discontinue policies that cut off API access to developers seen as building competitive software products. “Years after the FTC cleared our acquisitions, the government now wants a do-over with no regard for the impact that precedent would have on the broader business community or the people who choose our products every day,” Facebook’s PR team wrote in a tweet. In 2019, Zuckerberg reportedly began making it a priority for Facebook to unify the underlying infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger, allowing users to communicate with each other across platforms.

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