WhatsApp announced that it would update its privacy and security agreement in early 2021 and stipulated accepting the new agreement in order to continue using the application. In the contract, which received a great response, it was stated that some data would be shared with Facebook. After the reaction of users, WhatsApp backed down and stopped enforcing this contract.
The Competition Authority launched an investigation against Meta on January 11, 2021, due to the content of WhatsApp’s new contract and the necessity of this contract. On March 11, 2021, it took a temporary injunction decision not to share data between WhatsApp and Facebook.
As part of the investigation initiated by the competition authority against Meta, an oral defense meeting will be held on October 11 at 10:30. A defense will be taken to determine whether they violated Article 6 of the Law on the Protection of Competition No. 4054.
You can attend the oral defense meeting
You can follow the oral defense meeting online if you wish. To participate as a spectator, simply fill out the Oral Defense Meeting Participation Request form on the Competition Authority website.
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