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

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2021-06-04
under deliberation

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission (EC) opened a formal in-depth antitrust investigation into …

2022-12-19
under investigation

On 19 December 2022, the European Commission (EC) issued a statement outlining its preliminary view…

2024-11-14
in force

On 14 November 2024, the European Commission fined Meta EUR 797.72 million for violating the prohib…

2025-03-26
in force

On 26 March 2025, the European Commission published the provisional non-confidential version of the…