November 16, 20240 Comments

Meta fined €798m over ‘unfair’ Facebook Marketplace

Meta has been fined €798m (£664m) for breaking competition law by embedding Facebook Marketplace within its social network. The European Commission said this meant alternative classified ads services had faced “unfair trading conditions”, making it harder for them to compete. In addition to the fine, it has ordered Meta to stop imposing these conditions on other services. Meta said it rejected the Commission’s findings and would appeal. EU antitrust head

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November 12, 20240 Comments

Wessex Water fined £500,000 over sewage leaks that killed fish

Wessex Water has been fined £500,000 for polluting two rivers and killing thousands of fish. The company admitted a series of failures which led to untreated sewage being discharged into the rivers in Wiltshire and North Somerset in 2018. Janine Maclean, from the Environment Agency, said: “These cases are further examples of a water company breaking the law and causing serious pollution.” It is the second-highest fine in the company’s

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