Researchers found thousands of graphic ads that violate Meta’s policies. EU regulators say they’re taking note.

The European Commission has been ordered to pay a German resident $412 after his IP address was transferred to Meta’s U.S. servers via a Facebook

The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards.

The EU General Court has ruled against the European Commission for failing to comply with its own GDPR data protection regulations.

European Commission fined for breaking GDPR EU General Court levies fine for failing to protect EU data A German citizen was paid 400 euros The European Commission has been forced to pay a 400 euro ($412) fine to a German citizen for breaking its own data protection regulations.

European Union antitrust enforcers accused Meta of illegally shutting out competition by tying Marketplace to its social network and automatically exposing Facebook users to Marketplace whether or not they wanted it. They also accused Meta of gaining an unfair advantage through ad-related data.

The European Union has been fined for breaking its own data protection laws after a court forced it to pay €400 (£335) to a German citizen for transferring his data to the US.

Meta is to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace platform, in an effort to appease European regulators.

Shares of eBay surged Wednesday after Meta Platforms said some listings on the auction site will be included in Facebook Marketplace.

European privacy regulation - bane of American technology companies and a favorite cudgel of activists - came to haunt no less an organization than the European

Shares of e-commerce company eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) are trading higher on Wednesday after Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) said it is rolling out a new test that will integrate listings from eBay directly on Facebook Marketplace.

Meta said on Wednesday it would launch a test in Germany, France and the United States that will enable buyers to browse listings from eBay on Facebook Marketplace and then complete their transactions on eBay.