Meta döms att betala miljardböter av EU
För att ha integrerat Marketplace i Facebook
EU-kommissionen har beslutat att ge Facebooks ägare Meta böter på 797.721 miljoner euro, motsvarande 9,25 miljarder kronor, för att ha integrerat köp-och-säljs-funktionen "Marketplace" i Facebook.
EU-kommissionen anser att Meta, genom att bygga in Marketplace i Facebook, har missbrukat sin ledande ställning inom sociala medie-segmentet. I en pressrelease skriver kommissionen:
"Tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook. This means that all Facebook users automatically have access and get regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not. The Commission found that competitors of Facebook Marketplace may be foreclosed as the tie gives Facebook Marketplace a substantial distribution advantage which competitors cannot match."
Meta har redan uppgett att man kommer att överklaga domen och skriver bland annat:
"The European Commission’s decision claims that Meta imposes Facebook Marketplace on people who use Facebook in an illegal “tie.” But that argument ignores the fact that Facebook users can choose whether or not to engage with Marketplace, and many don’t. The reality is that people use Facebook Marketplace because they want to, not because they have to."
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