FTC’s antitrust crusade against Meta contradicts key parts of the Trump agenda

We’re all about to find out if it’s the White House or what’s left of the administrative state that’s calling the shots on antitrust and Big Tech. Either way, the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Meta, which began in a courtroom on Monday, is a bad one.

Since President Donald Trump’s second presidential victory, much has been made of Meta’s pivot to a community notes approach to content moderation, the tech giant’s donation to the presidential inaugural fund, and the presence of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself on the dais at the swearing in festivities.