News Summary

• U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after the historic antitrust trial wrapped up in late May.
• His decision runs in sharp contrast to two separate rulings that branded Google an illegal monopoly in both search and online advertising.
• The federal agency had argued that Meta maintained a monopoly by pursuing an expression CEO Mark Zuckerberg made in 2008: “‘It is better to buy than compete’ True to that maxim, Facebook has systematically tracked potential rivals and acquired companies that it viewed as serious competitive threats”