Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is displayed behind a smartphone with the Facebook logo in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
BRUSSELS, Dec 16 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are set to give conditional clearance to Facebook’s (FB.O) acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer, people familiar with the matter said.
A buying spree of startups by big companies has triggered concerns on both sides of the Atlantic, with regulators worried about so-called killer acquisitions aimed at shutting down potential rivals before they are big enough to be a threat.
The world’s largest social network announced the deal last November, which would give it another tool to attract more sellers to its platforms.
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