Zuckerberg’s words were prescient. Last week in Washington, D.C., the U.S. government kicked off its trial against Meta. Regulators argued that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp neutralized potential rivals, creating a monopolistic dynamic for the social media platform.

Google is also under investigation by the government. Last week, a federal judge ruled that Google acted as an illegal monopolist in parts of its ad business.

After decades of a laissez-faire approach to regulating technology companies—which arguably has led tech to become Big Tech—the U.S. government is seeking to reign in today’s technology gia