Meta’s painful day: WhatsApp and Instagram may close soon

Silicon Valleywinds in the former president Donald TrumpHe began to blow from completely different aspects with the re -task. Many companies, including meta, quietly DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion) While withdrawing their initiatives, the CEOs express their political stance or at least their intentions more clearly. For, White HouseThe instruction from this is in this direction.

Mark Zuckerberg‘s last move was quite remarkable. During Biden management Facebook’s content censorship Frankly, Zuckerberg said that the company’s new stance is to work closer to the Trump administration against increasing censorship concerns.

Accidentally entered politics

However, while Zuckerberg is playing political chess, a new report by Wall Street Journal shows that it might have opened its hand more than its limits in the White House. In particular, approaching the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp Anti voice what he did to solve his case Lobby Activities In the case of April 14, 2025, the interest process will begin.

The FTC opened the case in December 2020. FTC, Instagram (2012) ve WhatsApp (2014) Purchases instead of fair competition “NECESSARY OF Rising Threats” claims to be done in order.

US Regional Court dated 2024 Memorandum Opinion‘According to the internal correspondence, Zuckerberg proved to be concerned about Instagram in 2012. Facebook’s remaining behind its competitors at that time and Instagram’s extreme rapid growth is very terrible to express CEO’nun statements, everything that is not on Facebook to be in the meta has come to accept a lot of money.

He wrapped fears, the money to come out

In Zuckerberg’s own words, the summary of the situation was as follows:

Buying Instagram and other initiatives will help Meta to neutralize a potential opponent and prevent the loss of basic use.

Meta is also in Asia LINE ve WeChat As with services such as, he was afraid that the messaging would turn into full -fledged social networks. A commodity manager said that WhatsApp’s idea of ​​expanding to social networks left him sleepless every night. It seems that cool sleeps had been forbidden to every wing of Facebook.

Now the eyes have been turned into a decision to come out of the court. If the court decides in favor of FTC Meta may have to dispose of both Instagram and WhatsApp. Moreover, winning the case will not be as easy to buy Instagram. Experts say FTC’s strategy of meta will have to prove that the strategy of meta is directly damaged by competition or consumers, which is quite challenging.