Meta, the umbrella company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms, will appear before the Competition Board tomorrow in the “data sharing obligation” investigation. The defense will be made regarding the data sharing event that WhatsApp has made mandatory for its users.
The Competition Authority opened an investigation against Meta about the “data sharing obligation” in January 2021.
META Platforms (Facebook), WhatsApp LLC, and Madoka Turkey Bilişim Hizmetleri appear before the Competition Board to make oral defenses within the scope of the investigation. The Competition Board opened an ex officio investigation against Meta on 11 January 2021 regarding the “data sharing obligation”.
The Competition Board will listen to the verbal defenses of the company officials at 10:30 tomorrow. In addition, the announcement of the decision on the investigation is expected within 15 days. The following statements were included in the statement of the Board regarding the meeting to be held tomorrow.
Those who want to attend the oral defense meeting as a listener will be able to follow the meeting online. For this purpose, in accordance with the directions on the Competition Authority’s website, the participation form must be filled in half an hour before the meeting time at the latest.
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According to the news on sputniknews.com.tr, in the investigation conducted, it will be investigated whether the companies in question violated Article 6 of the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition. On the other hand, the obligation to share WhatsApp data was stopped during the investigation.