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Facebook’s advertisers quizzed over its power, data gathering in EU probe

By Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
  • 29 Apr 2020 11:56
  • 29 Apr 2020 22:54

Facebook's advertising customers have been quizzed by the EU antitrust regulator for insights into how much clout the world's largest social network has, MLex has learned.  

European Commission investigators want to know how important Facebook is for companies wanting to connect with consumers, and what data Facebook collects.

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Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

Lewis Crofts

Editor-In-Chief


Lewis leads MLex's editorial strategy, content direction, quality and development. He has a reputation for breaking stories and providing analysis on complex legal disputes before regulators and courts around the globe. He has also developed MLex's unrivalled coverage of competition policy, litigation, regulation, Brexit and international investigations.

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