CMA fines Meta £52 million across Giphy enforcement-order breaches

During its review of Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy, the CMA found repeated failures to comply with an initial enforcement order intended to keep the businesses separate while the merger was investigated. The failures included inadequate compliance reporting and changing a compliance officer without prior consent.

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Case ID: meta-giphy-order-breaches-2022

What the record establishes

The CMA imposed £50 million and £500,000 penalties in October 2021, followed by a further £1.5 million penalty in February 2022. This record consolidates those related order breaches into one enforcement matter and does not count each penalty as a separate case.

Sources

  1. Primary recordCMA fines Facebook over enforcement order breachUK Competition and Markets Authority · 20 October 2021 · accessed 11 August 2026
  2. Primary recordFacebook, Inc / Giphy, Inc merger inquiryUK Competition and Markets Authority · 12 June 2020 · accessed 11 August 2026

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