Meta Wins Partial Ruling, Loses on Messenger Gatekeeper Status in EU Court
Meta Platforms received a mixed judgment from the EU court, having the gateway label for its Marketplace overturned but retaining the label for Messenger.
Meta Platforms META won a partial victory in the European Union's top court on June 3, 2026, as the EU General Court annulled the Commission's decision designating Facebook Marketplace a Digital Markets Act "gatekeeper" service, while upholding the same label for Facebook Messenger.
In Case T-1078/23, the court found the Commission "did not satisfy the requirements in terms of reasoning" for Marketplace, faulting it for ignoring recent changes to the service. For Messenger, judges ruled the Commission "did not err in finding that Messenger individually is an important gateway," leaving those obligations intact.
The split ruling is a modest regulatory reprieve for META rather than a clean win: Messenger interoperability and compliance duties remain, and the Commission can re-issue a better-reasoned Marketplace decision. The case is one of several DMA challenges from large U.S. platforms and feeds a broader transatlantic fight over EU tech rules.
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