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 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

If advertisers don’t want to give data to Facebook Marketplace, they shouldn’t advertise on Facebook.

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has hit Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, with a fine worth $840 million for what it classifies as an antitrust violation.

European enforcers accused the tech giant of using its popular social network to unfairly advantage its classified-ads business.

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,

Launched in 2016, Facebook Marketplace enables users of Meta’s flagship social network to buy and sell goods. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, launched a probe into the service in 2021 over concerns it may harm competition. Today’s fine is the culmination of that probe.

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.