Meta in antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram and WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg is giving evidence in a historic antitrust trial that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp.

The Federal Trade Commission called Mr Zuckerberg as its first witness as it seeks to prove that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp – startups it bought more than a decade ago – to preserve its monopoly in the social networking space.