# UK and EU-side reviews force Meta to unwind Giphy

Date: 2021

In 2021–2022 competition authorities, with EU cooperation, forced [Meta](/people/ilir-meta) to unwind Giphy. Vestager’s directorate treated platform-adjacent data mergers as a priority even when a national authority led the prohibition.

## People

- Margrethe Vestager: https://factrail.ai/people/margrethe-vestager

## Drivers

- Digital-Platform Power Concentration: https://factrail.ai/drivers/digital-platform-power-concentration

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/technology/uks-cma-tells-facebook-sell-giphy-2021-11-30/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_314

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-meta-giphy-2021