May 18, 2017
EU fines Facebook over 'misleading' WhatsApp data claim
Facebook has been fined 110m euros by the EU for providing "Incorrect or misleading" information during its purchase of messaging service WhatsApp in 2014. The European Commission said Facebook had said it could not automatically match user accounts on its own platform and WhatsApp. Facebook said the errors it had made were not intentional. In a statement, the Commission said: "The Commission has found that, contrary to Facebook's statements in the 2014 merger review process, the technical possibility of automatically matching Facebook and WhatsApp users' identities already existed in 2014, and that Facebook staff were aware of such a possibility." "In statement, Facebook said:"We've acted in good faith since our very first interactions with the Commission and we've sought to provide accurate information at every turn.
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