Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

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On this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we unpack the trial between Meta and the FTC.

It says it's to make it easier for people to talk between the different apps or view content between the different apps, but it also could have been a strategy to make unwinding these acquisitions incredibly difficult on a technical level.Paresh Dave: Absolutely.

Zoë Schiffer: And we are expecting Instagram founder, Kevin Systrom, to testify at some point, right? Paresh Dave: Yeah.

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Author / Journalist: Zoë Schiffer, Paresh Dave

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Published On: 2025-04-16 @ 17:34:10 (4 days ago)

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