Dialogue Consulting, Instagram set for Australian antitrust showdown
By Saloni Sinha ( August 28, 2026, 07:38 GMT | Insight) -- A three-week Australian antitrust trial involving Meta Platforms and social-media management company Dialogue Consulting is set to begin Sept. 1, bringing a lawsuit filed in 2019 to trial after years of procedural disputes. The case has involved an injunction protecting Dialogue’s access to Instagram and Facebook, an unsuccessful attempt by Meta to send parts of the dispute to arbitration in California and a Meta cross-claim alleging unauthorized access to Instagram.Australian company Dialogue Consulting and Meta Platforms’ Instagram are set to face off in a long-running antitrust proceeding, with a three-week trial scheduled to begin on Sept. 1....
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