Rather than enshittification, what Meta did to Instagram could be considered "a consumer-welfare bonanza," Meta argued, while dismissing "smoking gun" emails from Mark Zuckerberg discussing buying Instagram to bury it as "legally irrelevant."

Meta asked a federal judge Thursday to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case against the social media giant, arguing the agency failed to prove at trial that the company violated

Meta Platforms is seeking dismissal of the FTC's antitrust case that accuses the company of maintaining an illegal social media monopoly. The case focuses on Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.