<ul><li>Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, revealed in an antitrust trial that the time spent on viewing content from friends has declined.</li><li>Meta argued that the decline is due to competition and changing consumer behavior, not anti-competitive conduct.</li><li>In 2025, just 7% of time spent on Instagram is spent on viewing content from friends.</li><li>Meta has been prioritizing short-form video and has made efforts to reverse the trend of users seeing fewer friend posts.</li></ul>

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