
U.S. Government Presents Evidence of Meta's Acquisitions to Neutralize Competition
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The U.S. government has presented hundreds of internal documents to demonstrate that Meta, a social media company, acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a competitive threat. These acquisitions were made with the aim of maintaining Meta's dominant position in the social media market. The documents show that Meta viewed these platforms as potential rivals and decided to acquire them to avoid direct competition.