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EU fines Facebook €110 million for misleading WhatsApp merger information

During the 2014 review of Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition, Facebook told the Commission that reliable automated matching of Facebook and WhatsApp user identities could not be established. The Commission later found that technical matching was possible in 2014 and that relevant staff were aware of that possibility.

Confirmed

Case ID: facebook-whatsapp-merger-information-2017

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