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.

Meta is in hot water in Europe once again. The European Competition Commission issued the Facebook and Instagram parent company with a fine on Thursday to the tune of 798 million euros ($843 million) over "abusive practices.

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.

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

Key Takeaways Meta is facing a new 797 million euro fine from European regulators, this time over its Facebook Marketplace service.The European Commission said Thursday that Meta tying Marketplace to Facebook gave the platform an unfair advantage over its European competitors.

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

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