Zuckerberg tells court he made WhatsApp and Instagram better

Towards the end of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in a Washington, DC courthouse, a smile flashed across his face. 

Meta’s lead attorney, Mark Hansen, had asked the CEO if he was “happy” about paying $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014.

Zuckerberg flashed a grin, took a brief pause, and responded, “I’d do it again.”

Over the last decade, the growing scale of Instagram and WhatsApp cemented Meta as one of the most powerful companies on earth. Now, the US government...