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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Meta fined nearly €800million for 'abusive practices' on Facebook ads business

European Union regulators have hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros for what they called "abusive practices" involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive branch, issued the 798 million euro (£663 million) penalty after its long-running investigation found that the company abused its dominant position and engaged in anti-competitive behaviour.

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