If the Meta can explain to the court that FTC's definition is incorrect and Tiktok is the largest rival of Meta, the market share of the meta falls under monopoly standards, “” Underktling “FTC case, Big Tech said on trial.
But are the options of Facebook and Instagram Ticketkok?
Although the meta paint the picture that tiktok users were naturally given gravity on Instagram during the ticket outage, it is clear that Meta advertised heavy to move them in that direction. Even the principle of a conspiracy was that Meta had bought Tikkok before Tikok went down, Wired reported, as the users saw that the meta banner encouraged them to connect them with meta platforms. However, even the reported meta advertisement Blitz stated that at that time many tickets as a sensor tower data did not say that “Instagram and Facebook appeared to get only a slight increase in daily active users and downloads”, during the ticket outage, Wired reported.
Perhaps a more interesting question is that the court can entertain it is not where the tiktok users go down when the ticket is down, but where Instagram or Facebook users turn, if they no longer want to use those platforms. If FTC can argue that people looking for a destination to join with friends or family will not replace Tiktok for that purpose, then their definition of market may fly.
Former lead attorney Kenneth Dinner in Craul & Moring's Partner and Google search monopoly case told ARS that Chief Justice in the case, James Boseberg clarified the summary decision that Accepting Meta's rivalry with Ticketkok, “Actually” does not answer questions about friends and family. “
So even though Zuckerberg was a “beautiful motivator”, his testimony on Tiktok could not take the judge much. However, there was an exchange in the test where Boseberg asked, “If friends are on a particular stage, how much does it matter, if friends can share it outside it?” Zuckerberg praised it as a “good question” and “explained that it doesn't matter much because people can share liquid on platforms, using each as a 'discovery engine',” The Big Tech on Trial.