New Delhi, April 14 -- Mark Zuckerberg is facing one of the most major lawsuits on Monday, as a high-stakes trial at a US court against him began on April 14. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has alleged that Zuckerberg's Meta bought Instagram and WhatsApp in an unlawful move. If the Meta CEO fails to win the antitrust case, the company could be forced to break itself up and sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

As the trial began in Washington on Monday, an FTC attorney alleged Facebook parent Meta Platforms bought up nascent rivals Instagram and WhatsApp after its attempts to compete had failed, reported Reuters.

FTC attorney Daniel Matheson said that the unlawful strategy "established entry barriers that for more than a decade protected ...