Mark Zuckerberg testified in federal court about Meta’s acquisition of Within, as the FTC’s highly unusual challenge seeks an injunction to stop the deal (New York Times)

Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Court filing: Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, Within CEO Chris Milk, and others to testify in the FTC case against Meta’s acquisition of Within  —  Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) …

Ashley Gold / Axios:
Meta files to dismiss the FTC’s attempt to block its acquisition of Within, arguing the FTC’s claims rely on “pure speculation of a hypothetical future state”  —  Meta filed to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block its acquisition of virtual reality fitness startup Within …

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: in its case against Meta’s Within acquisition, FTC asks a judge to remove some allegations about anticompetitive effects in the VR fitness apps market  —  The US Federal Trade Commission is narrowing its case against Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed acquisition of virtual reality app Within Unlimited, according to a court filing.

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the FTC opens an investigation into Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition, requesting documents from both companies; investigations typically take a year  —  Federal antitrust agency sought records about deal from Amazon and iRobot this week  —  WASHINGTON—Federal antitrust enforcers …

Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
A US federal appeals court upholds the Texas social media content moderation law, lifting an injunction that blocked it and remanding it back to the lower court  —  A federal appeals court upheld the validity of a Texas social-media law that companies like Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc …

Josh Sisco / Politico:
Sources: the FTC is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard deal; FTC staff are skeptical of the companies’ arguments  —  The Federal Trade Commission is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover …