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Facebook, Instagram and Mark Zuckerberg

Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom skewers Mark Zuckerberg, saying Meta starved his business after buying it for $1 billion over a decade ago

Systrom testified that Instagram had the potential to thrive independently and did not require Meta’s infrastructure or resources to scale.

TechCrunch on MSN · 2d

Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

According to an internal email, Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instgram as solution to its 'cannibalization' of Facebook.

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Instagram's former CEO testifies Zuckerberg thought the app was a ‘threat’ to Facebook

Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion, but tensions between Mark Zuckerberg and the app’s founders persisted for years afterward. On Tuesday, Instagram’s former CEO and cofounder Kevin Systrom took the stand in Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington D.

Meta, Instagram and video editing app

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Instagram co-founder says Meta’s Zuckerberg underinvested in photo app

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom told a federal judge Tuesday that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg underinvested in the photo-sharing app after it was sold to Meta.

Bloomberg on MSN · 5h

Instagram co-founder claims app could have thrived without Meta

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that CEO Mark Zuckerberg treated the photo-centric app’s growth as a “threat” and starved it of resources.

DPReview on MSN · 1d

Meta releases Instagram's video editing app, Edits, a competitor to TikTok's CapCut

Instagram released its new standalone free video editing app, Edits. It was introduced earlier this year when TikTok and its companion video editing app, CapCut, were briefly removed from iOS and Android app stores for US customers.

Meta, oversight board

USA TODAY · 3h

Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul

The board urged Meta to assess “potential adverse effects” of the changes, put in place just before President Donald Trump began his second term.

UPI on MSN · 11h

Meta's Oversight Board rules on content posted after move away from fact-checkers

Meta's Oversight Board published nearly a dozen decisions Wednesday on whether or not to remove content from the company's platforms.

New York Post · 5h

Meta’s oversight board rips Zuckerberg’s move to end fact-checking: ‘Potential adverse effects’

The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, cited concerns that the company had made the changes “hastily, in a departure from regular procedure.”

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Meta Stock Surges Higher after Denying Claims it Blocked Instagram’s Growth to Save Facebook

Shares in U.S. tech giant Meta Platforms (META) were higher today despite being accused of holding back the growth of its ...

13h

Zuckerberg stifled Instagram because he loves Facebook, Instagram founder says

At the Meta monopoly trial, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom accused Mark Zuckerberg of draining Instagram resources to ...

At Trial, Instagram Co-Founder Says Meta Denied His Company Resources

Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, ...

Helsinki Times21h

Meta to use Facebook and Instagram content for AI training: How to opt-out

Meta will begin using public posts from Facebook and Instagram to train its AI systems. EU users must submit a request to opt ...

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EU hits Apple and Meta with hundreds of millions of dollars in new fines, enforcing digital competition rules

The EU has hit Apple and Meta with hundreds of millions of euros in fines as it steps up enforcement of the European Union's ...

11h

At Meta’s Landmark Trial, a Stroll Through a Graveyard of Dead Apps

In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path ...

Meta's hidden battle: Exec emails reveal the strain between Instagram and Facebook

Internal Meta emails from the FTC's antitrust lawsuit detail tensions between Instagram and Facebook.

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