Meta loses appeal against strict EU rules for Messenger app
03.06.2026, dpa
The European Union's second-highest court confirmed an earlier decision to subject Meta's messaging app Messenger to strict EU rules for digital platforms.
The EU General Court in Luxembourg on Wednesday also annulled an already revoked designation for the shopping service Marketplace.
Parent company Meta challenged the 2023 decisions by the European Commission to designate Marketplace and Messenger as so-called "gatekeepers" under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The DMA imposes specific obligations on companies that are considered important gateways for businesses to reach consumers to safeguard competition in digital markets.
In 2025, the commission revoked the designation for Marketplace as the required threshold for commercial users had not been met.
The court annulled the revoked designation of Marketplace as a gatekeeper, arguing the commission had wrongly assessed data and that its reasoning leading to the decision was "hypothetical and incomplete."
Regarding Messenger, the court sided with the commission and upheld the designation.
Both Meta and the commission may appeal against Wednesday’s ruling to the European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court.
Next to Messenger, several other services provided by Meta are currently designated as gatekeepers. These include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta Ads.
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