What you need to know • Today (Nov 18), U.S. Judge James Boasberg ruled that Meta has not crossed the monopoly line with its social media apps. • The ruling concerned the FTC's claims that Instagram and WhatsApp were in the wrong; however, it was stated that those apps were being iterated on to better compete with TikTok. • It's because of the ByteDance app TikTok that Judge Boasberg ruled against the FTC's claims that it was a "entertainment" app, claiming that even a ban case in India saw it, Instagram, and WhatsApp as "similar" social media apps.

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