Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.

Meta Platforms said it would appeal an $843 million European Commission fine for allegedly tying its classified-ads platform to Facebook, undermining competition.The commission on Thursday fined the Facebook owner 797.

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.