The Commission's view was that Facebook was using the scale of its social network to give Facebook Marketplace an unfair advantage over other online classifieds providers.
In setting the level of the fine, the Commission took into account the duration and gravity of the infringement, as well as the turnover of Facebook Marketplace.
EU competition law is intended to protect the competitive process and consumers, not to preserve the established business positions of incumbent providers in the face of innovation.
Back in 2022, the EU Commission alleged that Facebook was breaching local antitrust regulations by "distorting competition in markets for online classified ads".
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