Meta loses EU appeal against Messenger’s ‘gatekeeper’ status, wins on Marketplace | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

June 3, 2026

Meta Platforms failed to overturn a 2023 decision that subjected its Messenger service to tighter regulation. The company did convince judges to annul the designation of its ecommerce service Marketplace under the DMA, although the European Commission already removed it from the regulation last year.