TBD | The U.S. vs Meta

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This week, the FTC and Meta began a trial to determine if—by adding Instagram and WhatsApp to its portfolio with Facebook over a decade ago—the company became a monopoly in social media. If Meta loses, it could be forced to split up, losing Instagram—and its substantial ad revenue. Guest: Paresh Dave, senior writer at WIRED. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Does it ever feel like you're a marketing professional just speaking into the void?
0:05.4	Well, with LinkedIn ads, you can know you're reaching the right decision makers.
0:09.1	You can even target them by job title, industry, company, role, seniority, skills, company revenue,
0:15.5	and do I say job title yet?
0:17.5	Get started today and see how you can avoid the void and reach the right buyers with
0:21.4	LinkedIn ads. To get 100 pounds of your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim
0:27.2	your credit. Terms and conditions apply. Pst, did you know, you can order McDilivery deals like
0:32.8	the Feed the Family deal from 1499? That's four selected burgers, two medium fries and two small fries.
0:38.4	Who's in then?
0:39.0	Oh yeah, me.
0:40.3	And me?
0:41.1	But delivery.
0:42.0	You in?
0:43.7	Delivery, from 11 a.m., subject to availability.
0:46.2	Participation may vary.
0:47.2	Delivery, customization and service fee set by chosen restaurant apply.
0:58.2	All right, let's talk more about that Facebook deal to buy Instagram.
1:02.7	Instagram, for those of you who may not know, is a photo sharing app, kind of a postcard type situation.
1:04.2	Back in 2012, Facebook, now called Meta, bought Instagram for approximately $1 billion.
1:12.0	It was not that much of a surprise because Facebook was struggling.
1:16.6	Peresh DeVay is a senior writer at Wired.
1:19.5	They were trying to create sort of photo sharing tools. They were trying to enter the mobile
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