Anti-trust regulator levy Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta for ‘forcing’ WhatsApp users to share data

The anti-trust regulator -Competition Commission of India (CCI)-on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs 213 crore on US tech giant Meta, which owns and operates the messaging app WhatsApp, for abuse of its dominant position. The punitive action by the CCI comes after WhatsApp forced users to mandatorily share data with other Meta companies such as Facebook.

The regulator has also directed WhatsApp to not share user data collected on its platform with other Meta Companies or Meta Company Products for advertising purposes, for a period of five years.