Facebook Marketplace has been accused of breaching antitrust rules by the E.U.’s European Commission. The European Commission, which is the executive branch of the European Union (E.U.), rele…
A Statement of Objections is the first step the Commission takes when it begins an investigation into what it believes are a violation of E.U. antitrust rules. It does not mean the outcome has been predetermined.
The Commission said in its Statement of Objections that because Meta is dominant in both the social networks and online classified ads market, it has been “distorting competition” by tying Marketplace to Facebook. In particular the fact that “users of Facebook automatically have access to Facebook Marketplace, whether they want it or not” is of concern.
Both practices would infringe on Article 102 of the E.U.’s Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union.
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