Meta Platforms, Inc.

A U.S. court has ruled that Meta did not violate antitrust laws by buying Instagram and WhatsApp, Reuters<a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-whatsapp-2025-11-18/"> reports</a>. The Federal Trade Commission had sought to have the company required to sell or split up these services, believing it would have brought competition back to the social media market. Meta insisted that buying stronger and more innovative players is a normal business practice to develop new features faster. The company also pointed out that the regulator was ignoring real competition from TikTok, YouTube and Apple's services, which were putting serious pressure on the market.

Meta wins major antitrust case to buy Instagram and WhatsApp

Getty Images Holdings, Inc.

Shutterstock, Inc.

Adobe Inc.

Whether it is a book cover, a product label, or an image in a fitness app, chances are the photo came from a stock marketplace such as Shutterstock or Depositphotos.

The end of stock photos? Shutterstock and Adobe's future amid the AI boom

Alphabet Inc.

Shares of Alphabet (Google's parent company), however, were up 1.5% in trading on Sept. 5

Google fined nearly €3 billion in Europe for advertising market abuse

Apple Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Musk, who owns ChatGPT's rival chatbot Grok, threatened Apple with "legal action"

Antitrust law