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Meta files broad appeal to EU court over Facebook Marketplace fine

By Lewis Crofts ( January 29, 2025, 13:43 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms has started litigation at the EU courts to overturn an antitrust fine of almost 800 million euros for tying the listings service Marketplace to its Facebook social network. Its appeal is likely to contest the European Commission's legal framing of its conduct as comparable to the kinds of cases run against Microsoft and Google, and the court proceedings could shine new light on the antitrust approach to allegedly exploitative contract terms.Meta Platforms has turned to EU judges to overturn a November antitrust decision that imposed a fine of hundreds of millions of euros for tying the listings service Marketplace to its Facebook social network....

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