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By upholding a Rs 213-crore penalty against Meta but also striking down a data-sharing ban, the tribunal has highlighted the limits of the CCI’s powers and the need to align privacy and competition regulation.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday issued a mixed verdict in the antitrust case brought by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against WhatsApp and its parent Meta Platforms. The tribunal set aside the CCI’s five-year ban on WhatsApp sharing user data with other Meta group companies for advertising purposes—yet, it also upheld a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore levied on Meta by the competition watchdog for abuse of dominance.
In other words, it’s a partial win for Meta in India, but it also shows how competition law enforcement in the tech sector is taking user-data practices …
