European Union: European Commission investigation into Meta for anti-competitive usage of collected advertisement data for Facebook Marketplace

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Progress

Current status
in force
14 Nov 2024 in force
19 Dec 2022 under investigation
04 Jun 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

14 Nov 2024
in force

Issued European Commission ruling imposing EUR 797.72 million on Meta for anti-competitive usage of collected advertising data for Facebook Marketplace

On 14 November 2024, the European Commission fined Meta EUR 797.72 million for violating the prohibition on abuse of a dominant market position established under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Article 5…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
19 Dec 2022
under investigation

Issued preliminary ruling of EU Commission investigation into Meta for anti-competitive usage of collected advertising data for Facebook Marketplace

On 19 December 2022, the European Commission (EC) issued a statement outlining its preliminary views on its investigation into Meta/Facebook for using collected advertising data to abuse its dominance in the social network and online advertisement m…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
04 Jun 2021
under deliberation

Announced antitrust investigation into Facebook for alleged anti-competitive usage of collected advertising data for Facebook Marketplace

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission (EC) opened a formal in-depth antitrust investigation into Facebook for allegedly using collected advertising data to abuse its dominance in the social network and online advertisement market. Specifically, th…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority

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