At the time of Facebook/Meta’s acquisition of Giphy, the company was already facing multiple anti-trust probes, including from U.S. regulators. Here, Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress ...

Instagram? Sure! WhatsApp? Go nuts. But don’t mess with GIFs. That’s the strange position taken by Britain’s competition watchdog in choosing to block Meta’s takeover of GIF repository Giphy. Meta, ...

Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB) has been ordered by the UK competition authority to offload Giphy, a platform for animated images. Reuters reports that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ...

The UK competition watchdog has directed Facebook, which was recently renamed to Meta, to sell Giphy, after concluding that the social media conglomerate's acquisition of the GIF giant would reduce ...

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta (FB.O), opens new tab has been told by the UK competition watchdog to sell popular animated images platform Giphy in Britain's first such move against so ...

The United Kingdom's antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook from buying Giphy on Tuesday and ordered Facebook to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, the Associated Press reported. The Competition and ...

Britain’s antitrust watchdog ordered Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. to sell Giphy, the first time a global regulator has forced a Big Tech firm to unwind a completed deal. A turnaround after ...

The Competition and Markets Authority believe a tie-up would give Facebook too much power over the market. NurPhoto via Getty Images The UK antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of ...

The United Kingdom's antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook's acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media users and ...

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LONDON — Meta, Facebook’s parent, has been told by the U.K.’s competition watchdog that it must sell GIF-sharing platform Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday the deal could harm ...

Facebook terminated Giphy’s advertising services at the time of the merger, removing an important source of potential competition, the CMA said. “The CMA considers this particularly concerning given ...