Antitrust hearing: Facebook's acquisition of Instagram under scrutiny

The emails were acquired by the House Judiciary Committee as part of its antitrust investigation

Mark Zuckerberg during US Congress hearing
In one email, Zuckerberg said Instagram could be “very disruptive” to Facebook
Agencies
1 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2020 | 11:54 PM IST
Zuckerberg was confronted about internal company emails he sent in 2012 about buying Instagram. The emails were acquired by the House Judiciary Committee as part of its antitrust investigation. In one email, Zuckerberg said Instagram could be 
“very disruptive” to Facebook. 

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