Facebook Inc is under scrutiny by European antitrust regulators who want information on whether the social network uses its size to squeeze smaller rivals. Officials are looking at Facebook’s sales platform and how it uses and shares data from apps, one of the people said. The European Commission declined to comment, and Facebook didn’t respond to a request for comment. Facebook has become a punching bag for European regulators after revelations that it allowed the data of millions of users to be shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The EU’s information-gathering may allow Vestager’s successor to decide whether to move forward with a probe after Vestager leaves office this year.

Source: thestar July 03, 2019 05:15 UTC