Meta Seeks TikTok, Telegram, WeChat Data for Antitrust Defense

Meta Platforms Inc. asked a federal court to order ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok, Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat and Telegram Group Inc. to turn over information on their apps for use in its defense against an antitrust suit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission.

The Facebook parent said it needs details on each company’s user base and market share to defend itself in the FTC’s suit, which alleges Meta monopolized the personal social networking market and seeks to force it to spin off its Instagram and WhatsApp units.

Efforts to obtain the information from the US units of the ...