Project Liberty

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