> Facebook Internal Memo on Rivals Undercuts Antitrust Defense
> Facebook’s parent company insists that its social-networking and messaging services have dozens of outside rivals, but an internal memo reveals that Meta Platforms Inc.’s top executives were more worried about the threat posed by its own products.
> The memo .. maps out the company’s growth strategies. It outlines ways to prevent Instagram and WhatsApp .. from cannibalizing Facebook’s trajectory.
> [It] figured prominently in a congressional inquiry into competitive practices across the technology industry that focused on some of the biggest companies, including Meta’s Facebook. The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee released the memo Tuesday for the first time in its entirety as part of its final report on competition in digital markets.
> Facebook Internal Memo on Rivals Undercuts Antitrust Defense
> Facebook’s parent company insists that its social-networking and messaging services have dozens of outside rivals, but an internal memo reveals that Meta Platforms Inc.’s top executives were more worried about the threat posed by its own products.
> The memo .. maps out the company’s growth strategies. It outlines ways to prevent Instagram and WhatsApp .. from cannibalizing Facebook’s trajectory.
> [It] figured prominently in a congressional inquiry into competitive practices across the technology industry that focused on some of the biggest companies, including Meta’s Facebook. The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee released the memo Tuesday for the first time in its entirety as part of its final report on competition in digital markets.
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