The Metropolitan Police Service (Met) has announced that it has submitted all evidential files relating to the Grenfell Tower fire to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions. The files concern 20 companies and organisations and 54 individuals, with the CPS asked to consider offences including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety offences, fraud and fraud-related offences and misconduct in public office. The CPS has committed to making charging decisions before the anniversary of the fire in June 2027. The Met stated that the submission follows one of the largest and most complex criminal investigations undertaken by a UK law enforcement agency, examining the involvement of more than 700 organisations.

CASE HUB NOTE—appeal lodged before the General Court in Case T- 66/25 ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the final decision of 14 November 2024; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline European Commission (Commission) Article 102 TFEU investigation into alleged distortion of competition in the markets for online classified ads (AT.40684). Latest development On 14 November 2024, the Commission issued its infringement decision and imposed fines totalling €792.72m on Meta. Parties • Meta: Meta is a US multinational technology company. Its flagship product is its personal social network Facebook,

CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 27 January 2022; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the proposed acquisition by Meta (formerly Facebook) of Kustomer (M.10262). The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in the market for the supply of customer relationship management (CRM) software. Latest developments On 27 January 2022, the Commission cleared the proposed transaction subject to commitments. The Commission found that transaction would raise competition concerns in the market for the supply of CRM software and the market for the supply of customer service and support CRM software. It concluded that, following the transaction, Meta would have the ability, as well as an economic incentive, to engage in foreclosure strategies in relation to Kustomer's close rivals and new entrants, such as denying or degrading access to the application programming interfaces for Meta's messaging channels. To address the Commission’s concerns, the Commission accepted commitments offered by Meta. It offered access commitments in terms of application programming

CASE HUB ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 23 April 2025; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline Commission Digital Markets Act investigation into Meta’s “pay or consent” advertising model. Latest development On 23 April 2025, the Commission issued its infringement decision and imposed fines totalling €200m on Meta for breaching the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. Parties • Meta Platforms Inc (Meta): Meta is a US-based technology conglomerate. Meta provides various online products and services to UK users. Those online products and services include popular platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Background On 5 September 2023, the Commission designated (amongst other undertakings) Meta as a “gatekeeper”, meaning that it must comply with all obligations under the DMA.On 25 March 2024, the Commission opened

MLex: Meta Platforms can start its Meta AI service in Europe on 27 May 2025, after the Irish privacy watchdog said today the social-media company has implemented ‘significant’ measures to respect users’ personal data rights when training its AI model with public Instagram and Facebook posts. Pressure groups, such as Noyb, argue that data harvesting violates the GDPR by giving users only an option to opt out of processing their personal data to train its AI model.

MLex: Meta Platforms has misinterpreted data protection rules about whether targeted advertising constitutes ‘direct marketing’, a campaigner suing the social media giant in the UK has argued. Tanya O’Carroll, who has brought a case against Meta in a London court, said in a recent filing that targeted advertising such as that carried out by the firm is direct marketing, giving her an absolute right to object to it.

MLex: Meta Platforms' decision to use the General Data Protection Regulation legal basis 'legitimate interests' to process personal data to train its artificial intelligence features is already facing scrutiny from a high-profile campaign group, Mlex has learned. Nyob, the group led by Max Schrems that has already brought a separate major case on Meta's GDPR legal basis, said it has received complaints and has started to review them.

CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 14 June 2021; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline Case facts Outline An appeal by Metal Plaform, Inc. (previously know as Facebook) against the CMA’s decision of 30 November 2021 prohibiting the completed acquisition by Meta Platforms, Inc. of Giphy, Inc. Latest development On 21 May 2021, the CAT issued its judgment in which it dismissed the most of the appeal but found certain procedural errors by the CMA. The CAT has passed the question of the remedy that should be ordered (if any) in this respect back to Meta and the CMA to discuss. Parties • Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta): Meta was founded in 2002. Until 28 October 2021, it was known as ‘Facebook’. It is the parent company of a group which offers a wide range of online products and services worldwide, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus, Portal and Workplace.• Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Background Acquisition of Giphy On 15 May 2020, Meta purchased

Law360: An international arbitrator issued an emergency ruling on 12 March 2025 blocking former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her recently released tell-all memoir 'Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism', finding that Meta has shown it'll likely win its non-disparagement claim against the author.

MLex: Social media giant Meta Platforms has challenged the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) decision to fine it for inadvertently storing some passwords in plaintext on its internal systems without cryptographic protection or encryption, MLex has learned.

MLex: Meta Platforms is challenging the regulations underpinning Ofcom’s fee regime for services regulated under the UK Online Safety Act 2023, arguing that the methodology used to calculate fees and potential penalties is disproportionate because it is based on companies’ global revenues rather than UK-specific revenue. Fortnite developer Epic Games intends to join the challenge, MLex has learned. Ofcom said it will ‘robustly defend’ its reasoning in Court.

MLex: Meta faces a complaint from Dutch advocacy group What to Fix over Facebook’s alleged failure to enforce monetisation rules and provide effective systems for reporting potentially illegal monetisation. The group has asked the Dutch regulator ACM to investigate potential breaches of the EU Digital Services Act (EU DSA).