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

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• The FTC's antitrust battle with Meta kicked off on Monday.
• Meta's opening statements revealed a decline in time spent consuming content from friends.
• Meta says that 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...