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United Kingdom: Closed CMA Investigation into Facebook/Giphy merger

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Closed CMA Investigation into Facebook/Giphy merger

On 30 June 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its investigation into the Facebook(Meta)/Giphy merger. The CMA issued its final order in the Facebook/Giphy merger investigation on 6 January 2023, deciding that the Facebook/Gi…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2021-01-28
under deliberation

On 28 January 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the launch of an inquiry …

2021-08-12
in consultation

On 12 August 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced provisional findings of th…

2021-08-25
processing consultation

The CMA closed the consultation to its notice of possible remedies on 25 August 2021 after having c…

2021-09-02
processing consultation

The CMA closed the consultation to its provisional findings on 2 September 2021 after closing the c…

2021-10-20
in force

On 20 October 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined Facebook for non-compliance w…

2021-11-30
in force

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concludes that the acquisition of Giphy by Facebook wou…

2021-12-23
under appeal

On 23 December 2021, Meta Platforms, Inc (previously Facebook, Inc) appealed the CMA's imposition t…

2022-02-04
in force

On 4 February 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it has fined Meta Pl…

2022-06-14
under investigation

On 14 June 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgments in the Meta Platforms, In…

2022-07-15
under investigation

On 15 July 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) issued a remittal order sending back to the …

2022-07-18
in consultation

On 18 July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a notice of its provisional fin…

2022-07-29
processing consultation

On 29 July 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has closed the consultation on the pro…

2022-10-18
in force

On 18 October 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final decision to conclu…

2022-12-01
in consultation

On 1 December 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a public consultation on its…

2022-12-30
processing consultation

On 30 December 2022, the public consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Final O…

2023-01-06
in force

On 6 January 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final order in the Fac…

2023-06-30
concluded

On 30 June 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its investigation into the F…