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Keeping Messenger alive post-WhatsApp could ‘prove there is competition.’

Meta CMO Alex Schultz is back on the stand after Mosseri finished testifying. In a 2014 email shortly after Facebook announced its WhatsApp acquisition, Schultz responded to an executive concerned that the Messenger team was “demotivated by the announcement.” Schultz said he was “more motivated than ever to still be working on messenger.” The first explanation he listed: “Have to keep things honest so the deal doesn’t fall through and prove there is competition.”

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