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A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against meta-platforms.
The FTC filed its suit in 2020, dating back to the first Trump administration,
claiming that Metta operated as a monopoly after its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp,
and that the Facebook owner's products don't compete with TikTok and YouTube.
The judge's dismissal of the case deals a blow to one of the government's marquee antitrust lawsuits against big technology companies.
WSJ reporter Megan Babrowski joins me now to discuss the case and its implications.
Megan, I want to start by talking about Metta.
What does this dismissal mean for the company and what it can do?