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.

The European Commission has fined Meta €797.72 million after saying the tech giant's Marketplace held an unfair advantage.

Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.

Meta Platforms has been fined 797.72 million euros ($843.31 million) by European regulators over alleged harm to other classified marketplace providers in Europe caused by attaching its Marketplace product to Facebook,

The EU has handed Meta a €798 million fine for allegedly tying Facebook Marketplace with Facebook, giving it an undue advantage.

The European Commission slapped a €797, 72 million fine on Facebook’s owner Meta for abusing its dominant position in the market for personal social networks on Thursday, for preferencing its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.

Meta received a fine of over $840 million on Wednesday for breaching the European Union’s antitrust rules as it relates to market domination after three years of legal proceedings. The multinational company was penalized for tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook according to the release.