The 2006 Zuckerberg Quote at the Center of Meta’s Antitrust Trial – The New York Times

Technology | The 2006 Zuckerberg Quote at the Center of Meta’s Antitrust Trial https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-competitors.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta, testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last year. Credit… Kenny Holston/The New York Times “Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,” Mark Zuckerberg said. Here’s why that could be a problem for Meta. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta, testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last year. Credit… Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Cecilia Kang Reporting from the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington May 9, 2025 Updated 10:55 a.m. ET In September 2006, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, described what made his social network special. “Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,” he wrote in a company post. Two decades later, that description is at the center of a landmark antitrust trial against Mr. Zuckerberg’s social networking empire, now called Meta, and whether it illegally stifled competition. In essence, the trial has raised the question of whether social networking is
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