Instagram and Facebook are hardly social media apps anymore. Here's the proof.

Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images 2025-04-14T22:05:32Z The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust battle with Meta kicked off on Monday. Meta's opening statements disclosed a decline in time spent consuming content from friends. Meta says just 7% of time spent on Instagram in 2025 is spent viewing content from friends. You're not imagining it — you're definitely seeing less of your friends' content on Facebook and Instagram.The decline in friend-focused content is playing a central role in a landmark antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission underway in Washington, DC. The FTC has accused Meta of monopolizing the personal social networking market by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize future threats. The trial could lead to a court-ordered company breakup or mark a major defeat for the FTC's aggressive approach to Big Tech.Meta, for its part, argues that its platforms face fierce competition from apps such as TikTok and YouTube and that consumer behavi...