EU, UK Launch New Antitrust Probes Against Facebook Over Ads

The European Union and the United Kingdom hit Facebook with new antitrust probes over the platform’s use of data from advertisers. The European Commission said in a statement that it was looking into whether Facebook violated competition rules by using data gathered from advertisers to compete with them in markets where Facebook is active — particularly classified ads.

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