As the World Turns: Social Media Evolution Leads to Meta Win Against Monopolization Claims

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently entered judgment in favor of Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) in a high-profile antitrust case addressing the boundaries of monopoly power in rapidly evolving digital and social media markets. Judge James Boasberg presided over a nearly seven-week trial that centered on whether Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014, respectively, constituted unlawful monopoly maintenance in the “personal social networking” (PSN)…
By: Holland & Knight LLP