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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg In 2018, the final Instagram is being considered by the concern for the increase in the threat of antitrust trial against Facebook, according to an email submitted on Tuesday in the Washington Court, Colombia.
During the second day of Zuckerberg’s testimony The trial of the antitrust process Meta with the Federal Trade CommissionThe lawyers representing the FTC presented a letter since May 2018, in which Zuckerberg seemed to commented on the possibility of separating the photo exchange purchased in 2012 for $ 1 billion.
“And I start thinking if Spinning Instagram is the only structure that will reach a number of important goals,” Zuckerberg wrote in an email. “As the calls for the rupture of large technology companies grow, there is a non-trivial chance that we will be forced to throw out Instagram and possibly WhatsApp in the next 5-10 years. This is another factor we need to consider.”
Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 when there were 13 employees in addition to Photo, and Zuckerberg was ready to accept a public campaign in what was the largest Tech IPO at the time. Acquisition of Instagram and 2014 WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars The trial under the antitrust plan of the blockbuster, which began on Monday and possibly in the past weeks.
The FTC claims to be metapolizes the social networking market and claims that the company should not have completed these acquisitions. The agency seeks to split applications from Meta as a possible remedy.
Meta disputes FTC allegations and claims that the regulator incorrectly characterizes the competitive landscape and does not recognize a number of competitors such as Tiktok and Apple’s IMessage, not just other applications such as Snapchat. Earlier in the FTC trial also presented an electronic message on October 2013, in which Zuckerberg told other Facebook executives what that Hair CEO Evan Speel refused $ 6 billion to buy Snapchat.
Zuckerberg also said in an e-mail of 2018 that “the best estimates of the company are that Instagram remained independent, probably the size of Twitter or Snapchat with 300-400 million cards today rather than 1 billion.” The card is short for monthly active people.
Watch: Mark Zuckerberg is witnessed on the first day of the trial of antitrust law.
