In the news today the EU's antitrust watchdog group is going to fine Facebook for providing misleading information to investigations who were trying to authorize the purchase of WhatApp in 2014. There is likely to be a significant fine imposed on Facebook, to make them an example for other companies looking to have mergers approved.
The lie Facebook is caught in is it informed investigators it was unable to reliable match user accounts between Facebook and WhatsApp; something it did shortly after the merger was approved. This comes as the second fine by the EU this week; the other was by French authority's alleging its privacy policy violates French Law.
It is interesting; my earlier blog post commended Facebook for its ability to be proactive and elsewhere in the world it is up to unethical behavior.
It's surprising to know it!
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