as social networking activities become socioeconomic opportunities, bringing fresh ideas through shared information and unexpected opportunities in the form of a job, an apartment, even a partner.

Social media drives leads and sales. Social media can go beyond telling people about your small business and what it offers. Posts on X (formerly Twitter) and other social networking sites ... isn’t ...

Meta broke the law by acquiring nascent competitors to maintain its monopoly in social networking, the F.T.C. argues. Regulators are seeking to force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.

The question is core to the FTC’s claim that Meta has a monopoly in the “personal social networking” market, which the agency contends revolves around connections with friends and family.