The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Meta have wrapped up a six-week trial over the Facebook and Instagram parent’s alleged social networking monopoly, leaving the final decision in the hands of the judge.

The trial, which came to a close last week, seeks to determine whether Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking that the company entrenched with its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Here’s what to know about the trial and what comes next:

Full-circle moment for Trump administration

The FTC’s trial with Meta represented a full-circle moment for the second Trump administration, after the agency originally brought the case at the tail end of President Trump’s first administration.

The agency sued Meta, then known as Facebook, in December 2020. The case came as part

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