Tribunal allows Whatsapp to share user data with Meta platforms, after the firm threatened to…

An Indian tribunal has temporarily lifted a five-year data-sharing ban between WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms, providing significant relief to the US-based tech giant, which had warned that its advertising business could be impacted.

Meta had contested the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) directive issued in November, which imposed restrictions on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities for advertising purposes.