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I don't believe there is much synergies between FB and Instead anyway, and even less so with WhatsApp which seemed to be have been bought out strictly to stop it from growing into its own social network.

But I don't see the US ever breaking up FB in the coming decade, as the agenda is clearly not to fight monopolies and trusts.

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Any breakup, if it were to happen, would be likely to be triggered mainly by the EU, IMO. For all the complexities that EU regulations sometimes bring in, I see the EU as the only hope in such cases.

When has the EU ever break up a world class monopoly ?

When has the EU ever produced a world class monopoly?

Maybe this time is when? I don't know. But I personally don't have hopes on any other government or governments to take such an action.

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