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berkes on Jan 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms updat...

What would happen if the regulator finds you breach a predicament for a merge or acquisition?

Could, for example, Facebook be forced to sell WhatsApp (in the EU)?

zahrc on Jan 25, 2021 [–]

They will most probably get a slap on the wrist in form of a fine.

List of highest fines: https://dataprivacymanager.net/5-biggest-gdpr-fines-so-far-2...

jeltz on Jan 26, 2021 | | [–]

No, that is the wrong list of fines.

http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/EU-GOOGLE-...

berkes on Jan 25, 2021 | | [–]

Those are data-protection fines.

AFAIK, Giving OK to Facebook buying WhatsApp was mostly an Antitrust issue.

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