The FTC originally filed the complaint against Facebook, which is now under Metas corporate umbrella, in 2020.
This creates a huge hole for us, Zuckerberg wrote.
In a 2008 email, he wrote that it is better to buy than compete.
The Federal Trade Commission claims Facebook bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush competition.© NurPhoto/Getty Images
Several years later, in 2014, Facebook bought the messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion.
Reuters reported that Boasbergs ruling will curtail Metas ability to make some of those claims at trial.
The court has not yet set a date for the trial to begin.
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