The European Commission has ordered Meta to “bring the conduct effectively to an end,” but didn’t specify what actions should be taken. Meta was also hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine by the EU last year for transferring the Facebook data of EU citizens to the US.

The European Commission says Facebook's parent company is undermining its rivals by embedding its classified ads platform within the social network.

The European Commission has fined Meta €797.72 million after saying the tech giant's Marketplace held an unfair advantage.

European enforcers accused the tech giant of using its popular social network to unfairly advantage its classified-ads business.

The European Commission’s decision provides no evidence of competitive harm to rivals or any harm to consumers.

The European Union says the tech giant crowded out rivals, breaching competition law.

Meta Platforms has been fined 797.72 million euros ($843.31 million) by European regulators over alleged harm to other classified marketplace providers in Europe caused by attaching its Marketplace product to Facebook,

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what they call “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.