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Meta Defeats Government Antitrust Case

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for Nov. 18. A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Meta Platforms, which alleged that the company has a social-media monopoly. We hear from WSJ tech reporter Meghan Bobrowsky about what that means for Meta. Plus, President Trump said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ”knew nothing about” the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, rejecting a CIA assessment at the time. Plus, the House has passed a bill to release government files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A general judge dismisses the government's antitrust case against Meda. Plus, President Trump says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

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but he knew nothing about it.

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And the House votes to release government files about Jeffrey Epstein.

1:00.5

It's Tuesday, November 18th.

1:02.5

I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

1:04.4

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:20.9

A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against meta platforms. The FTC filed its suit in 2020, dating back to the first Trump administration,

1:27.0

claiming that meta operated as a

1:28.6

monopoly after its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, and that the Facebook owner's products

1:33.6

don't compete with TikTok and YouTube. The judge's dismissal of the case deals a blow to one of the

1:38.7

government's marquee antitrust lawsuits against big technology companies. WSJ reporter Megan

1:44.1

Babroski joins me now to discuss

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