FTC vs Meta: Key moments from Week 1 of antitrust trial with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg

A blockbuster antitrust trial featuring Meta kicked off in the US last week, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg taking the stand in court to defend the tech giant's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp more than a decade ago. Zuckerberg's more than 10 hours of testimony was offered in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission against Meta in 2023. The landmark case is being heard by Judge James E Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The FTC has alleged that Meta acquired potential rival platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp in order to establish…