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Yeah, by growing them to 1bn users! That'll show them.

Personally, I think there's a much stronger case for the cloning of Snapchat rather than the acquisition of IG.

The Whatsapp acquisition should probably be unwound though.



I'm talking about Instagram the company, which is what the FTC cares about -- competition. FB eliminated Instagram as a competing company when they purchased them. Buying up competitors to keep dominant control of a market is absolutely an antitrust violation.




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