Meta seeks HC stay on CCPA fine for selling walkie-talkies

NEW DELHI: Meta Platforms, earlier known as Facebook, has moved the Delhi high court seeking a stay on a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) order. It was fined Rs 10 lakh as penalty for the alleged unauthorised sale and listing of walkie-talkies on Facebook Marketplace.

Unlike Amazon and Flipkart, Facebook is not an e-commerce platform but merely a “notice board” on which CCPA has no “jurisdiction”, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Meta, argued. He contended that Facebook neither provides a mechanism for sale and purchase nor charges any commission from users.