India’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years and also levied a fine of $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 privacy policy.

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India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.

India’s competition watchdog has taken a strong stance against WhatsApp, directing the messaging platform to stop sharing user data with other Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has also slapped Meta with a hefty fine of $25.

Meta has been penalised Rs 213.14 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), citing abuse of its market dominance through WhatsApp's controversial 2021 privacy policy. The policy, which mandated extensive data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities, drew regulatory ire for its restrictive nature.

India’s competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta

India's competition watchdog imposed a monetary penalty of 2.14 billion rupees ($25.4 million) on Meta on Monday over antitrust violations related to WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy. ($1 =

CCI bans WhatsApp from sharing data with Meta for 5 years, fines Rs 213.14 crore for antitrust violations in India.

India’s competition regulator has ordered WhatsApp to cease sharing data for advertising purposes with other Meta-owned applications for five years and fined the US tech giant US$24.5 million for antitrust violations.

The watchdog concluded that the 2021 policy update by WhatsApp on a "take-it-or-leave-it" basis constitutes an imposition of unfair conditions.