Judge Rules Meta Does Not Hold Illegal Monopoly in Social Media Networking

Judge James Boasberg said the Federal Trade Commission failed to show Meta held a monopoly.

Technology company Meta Platforms at a booth during the AI+Expo Special Competitive Studies Project in Washington on June 2, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal judge has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case that Meta Platforms, the company behind Instagram and Facebook, engaged in illegal, anticompetitive behavior in the social media industry.

“Meta holds no monopoly in the relevant market,” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in an opinion on Nov. 18. “Judgment must therefore be entered in its favor.”