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2021
EU opens antitrust investigation into Facebook classified-ad data
Investigation
The European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into whether Facebook uses data collected from rival services to distort competition in classified advertising and whether Marketplace’s integration into the social network gives it an advantage.
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European Union regulators have opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook to look into whether the company distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data it collects from rival services.
The EU’s executive commission said Friday that it’s also looking at whether the way Facebook’s embeds its own classified ad service, Marketplace, into the social network, gives it an advantage in reaching customers, in violation of EU competition rules.