The European Commission has ordered Meta to “bring the conduct effectively to an end,” but didn’t specify what actions should be taken. Meta was also hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine by the EU last year for transferring the Facebook data of EU citizens to the US.

The European Commission says Facebook's parent company is undermining its rivals by embedding its classified ads platform within the social network.

Mark Z does not like this The European Union has fined Facebook parent Meta €797.72 million ($843 million) for antitrust violations connected to its online classified service Facebook Marketplace. … The European Commission levied the punishment after years of investigations into the tying of Marketplace to Facebook accounts and unfair trading conditions on competing online classified ad services.