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Germany: Bundeskartellamt launches antitrust investigation into Facebook for alleged abuse of dominance regarding Oculus

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Bundeskartellamt launches antitrust investigation into Facebook for alleged abuse of dominance regarding Oculus

On 10 December 2020, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) launched an investigation into Facebook for potentially abusing its market power. Specifically, the Bundeskartellamt will examine if the link between Oculus virtual reality products and Facebook can be defined as an abuse of dominance since the use of virtual reality products requires a Facebook account.

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

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2020-12-10
under deliberation

On 10 December 2020, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) launched an investigation …

2022-11-23
under deliberation

On 23 November 2022, Meta announced that it would allow its virtual reality (VR) headsets to be use…

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