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Meta Sells Giphy At Huge Loss After CMA Order

Mark Zuckerberg firm takes $260m (£210m) loss selling gif search engine Giphy, after UK ordered its divestment

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Facebook owner Meta is ordered by the CMA to sell Giphy - first time the British regulator blocks acquisition by a Silicon Valley tech giant

American regulator Federal Trade Commission moves to block Facebook parent Meta from acquiring virtual reality fitness app maker Within

UK competition regulator, the CMA, tells Silicon UK it has agreed to reconsider over next three months its ruling to Meta to sell off Giphy

Meta has mostly failed in its appeal against the CMA order to sell Giphy, after judges dismissed all but one appeal by the Facebook parent

Facebook parent Meta is appealing against UK order to sell-off Giphy, after regulator rules the deal harms advertising competition

But will Zuckerberg obey? The UK's CMA watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy, after concluding deal could harm UK advertisers

After Facebook questions the authority of the British competition watchdog, the CMA fines the social network £50m over Giphy purchase

In strongly worded letter, Facebook says the CMA's suggested divestiture of Giphy “is grossly unreasonable and disproportionate”

Competition and Markets Authority provisionally finds Facebook’s merger with Giphy will harm competition on social platforms

Facebook refuses to offer any antitrust concessions over Giphy acquisition, prompting in-depth probe by UK competition watchdog

CMA says it will look into any possible 'lessening of competition' in the UK as a result of the deal, while other raise data concerns