nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e81d83d446e4c34f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250421s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e81d83d446e4c34f doi eng 342 23 Hinck, Sarah Author aut Big Tech Antitrust Scrutiny Across the Atlantic - US Antitrust Case Targets Meta’s Acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp Hinck, Sarah Verfassungsblog 2025-04-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As Europeans await the European Commission’s enforcement of new tech rules, recent developments in the U.S. remind us that Big Tech scrutiny has been a transatlantic concern. On April 14, 2025, a trial began at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging Meta’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram under U.S. antitrust laws. This landmark case raises novel legal issues about mergers that were previously cleared a decade ago and highlights U.S. enforcers’ continued efforts to curb Big Tech power. CC BY-SA 4.0 Meta Meta USA merger control tech giants (DE-588)1139513842 gnd Meta (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/big-tech-antitrust-scrutiny-across-the-atlantic-meta-ftc-tech/ raw object