Zuckerberg, exposed: an email comes to light with his doubts about whether to get rid of Instagram and WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg is fighting in the Courts in the United States to maintain Meta United Now that it is under the focus, an email has been publicly known in which it is demonstrated that the American programmer was already expected this possible problem in the future.

In it confidential mailhe wrote that it was possible that “in the next five to ten years” the company received the order to detach itself from Instagram and WhatsApp, so it was considering anticipating it. This has been uncovered by the court during the investigation process of the litigation.

What is happening with Meta, Instagram and WhatsApp?

Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, acquired Instagram and WhatsApp In 2012 and 2024, respectively. At that time, the authorities in the field of competition gave these operations. But more than a decade later, political pressures could dismember.

Now, two platforms with more users on the planet, WhatsApp and Instagram, could be necessarily sold if a judge fails against of the interests of the company led by Zuckerberg in an antitrust case that is monopolizing media attention.

The demand has been filed by the Federal Commerce of the United States (FTC), an entity responsible for the competition. Although theoretically it has independence In their actions and decisions, the designation members It depends on the United States government.

In the name of the team headed by Donald Trump, the corporation that controls the regulation of competition in the markets of the North American country accuses the goal of having bought the social network and the messaging application for “Illegally protect your own monopolistic position”. The FTC demands to purify the responsibilities, that the company faces reprisals and that this sale is reversed.

Zuckerberg’s maneuvers to prevent your ship from going

In March this year, Target would have offered the FTC to pay 450 million dollars to end To this thorny matter and stop the case, according to recent information from the Wall Street Journal. However, the entity that supervises the competition would have rejected this proposal and would have demanded the payment of 30 billion dollars.

Al be not reaching an agreement and approach the date of the trial, Zuckerberg swells his proposition to one billion dollars. Nor that figure seemed to convince the commissioner to charter the FTC, Andrew Fergusonwhich asks at least 18 billion dollars and changes in the finish line.

In addition, the Facebook Founding billionaire He has excessively trusted the possibility that Donald Trump save himsince in recent times he has tried to approach him and maintain a good relationship. However, the Republican president does not seem to be moving in his favor.

Since both parties of the case have not been able to understand or agree on an amount, Zuckerberg has had to face the barriers of the judge on the bench of the witnesses. It has been at that time when he has confirmed the veracity of the aforementioned email and explained that Facebook had difficulties at that time to manage so many applications.

The Judgment will rule the drift of goal From now on. Only the magistrate’s decision in the Washington court will resolve if Zuckerberg’s company You can maintain your current platform structure or be obliged to disintegrate a part of the company.