United Kingdom: Announced CMA Investigation into Meta's Use of Data
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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.
Original sourceScope
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
2023-05-26
in consultation
2023-06-26
processing consultation
2023-11-03
in force
2024-05-24
in consultation
2024-06-14
processing consultation
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