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.

Personalised advertising boosts revenue for companies, Meta said in a press release. It referenced an in-house study showing that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency requirement mandates that iOS apps must ask users for permission to share their data-led companies to increase prices by at least 3.4% as their ads became less effective.

Data from all of a user's previous time spent on Facebook or Instagram, which is typically combined to precisely target an individual with tailored ads, won't be used.

Bluesky has raced to the top of Apple's App Store on Thursday, with new users flocking to the social app as an alternative to X

Elon Musk has certainly emerged victorious this past week, post-election. However, Musk and his social media platform X are not exactly winning on the mobile app charts. X competitors Bluesky and Threads are surging in popularity on Apple's App Store in the week following the election.

The report also noted that the “web traffic and daily active users for Bluesky increased dramatically in the week before the election, and then again after election day”. Blue