Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) has become a focal point for investors this year, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and rising engagement across its flagship platforms, Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) has been fined €793 million by the European Union for forcing advertisers onto its Marketplace platform. Brussels said that by embedding Marketplace into its social network it had imposed “unfair trading conditions” on other classified ad service providers.
Meta Platforms (META) has been fined 797.72 million euros ($843.31 million) by European regulators who accused the company of harming other classified marketplace providers in Europe by attaching its Marketplace product to Facebook.
The European Commission says the Facebook parent company is undermining rivals by embedding its classified ads platform within the social network.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is in focus after the European Commission fined it a staggering €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over anti-competitive practices related to the Facebook Marketplace.
Meta said Thursday (Nov. 14) that it will appeal the European Commission's (EC) decision in a case alleging practices involving Facebook and Facebook Marketplace that cause competitive harm. The EC announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) that it fined Meta 797.72 million euros (about $842 million), saying the company violated European Union (EU) antitrust rules by tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook.
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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The Facebook owner said it would appeal the fine imposed by the EU's antitrust watchdog for allegations it illegally tied its Marketplace classified ads platform to its flagship social network.
Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.
On Thursday, the European Commission fined Meta almost 798 million euros (about $840 million). It said Meta linked Facebook Marketplace to its social network and imposed unfair conditions on rivals.
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been hit with yet another huge fine in Europe, this time over abusive practices in Facebook Marketplace. The European Commission announced that it would fine it €797.72 million — nearly $840 million — for breaching EU antitrust rules connected to how it ties its online classified ads service, Facebook Marketplace, creating “unfair trading conditions” for other providers of classifieds online.