Meta faces antitrust charges in court, as the FTC calls the company an illegal monopoly | CNN Business

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Meta is going on trial starting Monday.

The US government is advancing a blockbuster antitrust case, alleging that Mark Zuckerberg’s company illegally built a “social networking monopoly” through years of “anticompetitive conduct.”

If the judge sides with the government, Meta could be forced to break itself up by selling Instagram and WhatsApp, and other tech giants could be put on notice.

But there is another if: whether President Donald Trump will intervene in some fashion.

The agency pursuing the case, the Federal Trade Commission, has historically operated with

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