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Announced CMA Investigation into Meta's Use of Data

On 3 June 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened an investigation into Facebook for allegedly abusing its dominance in the online advertisement market. More specifically, Facebook is accused of abusing the vast amounts of data it collects through its digital advertising as well as the multi-site use of the Facebook login. Facebook is said to abuse that data for anti-competitive advantages in the online dating and classified ad sectors.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider, platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-06-03
under deliberation

On 3 June 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened an investigation into Facebook f…

2023-05-26
in consultation

On 26 May 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a public consultation on its …

2023-06-26
processing consultation

On 26 June 2023, the public consultation closes on the UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA)…

2023-11-03
in force

On 3 November 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it had accepted Meta’s…

2024-05-24
in consultation

On 25 May 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a public consultation on the pro…

2024-06-14
processing consultation

On 14 June 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closes the public consultation on the …

2024-08-20
in force

On 20 August 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its decision to accept …

Key regulatory dimensions

Regulated subjects

The businesses, government agencies or individuals affected by this policy or regulatory change.
defendant
1
Type Private organisation
Economic activity platform intermediary: user-generated content
Category Firm-specific

Policy change by business practice

The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.
advertising data: data processing
corporate data: customer/user behavioural data: data processing

Policy change by business practice

The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.

advertising data: data processing

corporate data: customer/user behavioural data: data processing

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