The Competition Authority announced last year that it had opened an investigation against Meta, the umbrella company of Facebook. The Facebook investigation conducted by the Competition Authority has concluded.
The Facebook scandals that emerged in the past years have also led to an investigation in our country. Competition Authority announced the decision dated 20.10.2022 and numbered 22-48/706-299 on its official website.
Competition Authority publishes Facebook investigation decision
In the published decision, it was stated that “by combining the data collected from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services, which are called basic services, Facebook leads to deterioration of competition by complicating the activities of its competitors operating in the online display advertising markets with personal-purpose social networking services and creating barriers to entry to the market. It was unanimously decided that he violated Article 6 of the Law.” statements are included.
Another company subject to investigation is Madoka Turkey Bilişim Hizmetleri Ltd. Sti. statement has been made. In the statement made, “Madoka Turkey Bilişim Hizmetleri Ltd. It has been unanimously decided that Şti. has no role in the presentation of the activities subject to investigation and therefore cannot have any responsibility for the allegations evaluated within the framework of the investigation in the file.” statements were included.
The Competition Authority imposed an administrative fine of 346,717.193 Turkish Liras due to the irregularity in the WhatsApp application. However, it should be noted that Facebook can appeal the decision in Ankara Administrative Courts within 60 days from the notification of the decision.