Facebook to be fined €110М for wrongful info about the WhatsApp acquisition

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Facebook was found guilty of not giving the full information about the merger with WhatsApp back in 2014 to the European Commission. Because of this action, the social network has to pay a fine of the amount of €110 million (about $122 million) to the executive body of the EU. The issue dates back to 2016, when Facebook announced a change in the Terms & Conditions of WhatsApp, informing users they can link accounts on both platforms. The EC said Facebook claimed in 2014 such feature would not be available in the future, but apparently, they blatantly lied. Sadly for Facebook, the...



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