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This episode offer an extensive analysis of the November 2025 judicial ruling in ***FTC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.***, where a U.S. District Judge ruled in favor of Meta, rejecting the Federal Trade Commission's request to force the structural divestiture of Instagram and WhatsApp. This landmark decision is characterized as a major legal setback for the movement seeking to break up dominant technology companies, primarily because the court found that the FTC failed to prove Meta held a current illegal monopoly. A pivotal factor in the ruling was the court's rejection of the FTC’s narrow market definition, which did not account for hyper-competitive rivals like ByteDance’s TikTok, validating Meta's defense that it competes in a much broader market for digital attention. The outcome grants Meta structural certainty, securing its integrated business model, while signaling that achieving structural separation for Big Tech will now likely require new legislative action rather than retrospective litigation under current antitrust laws. The precedent established prioritizes present competitive reality over historical anti-competitive intent, making future enforcement against older tech mergers exceptionally difficult.