Brussels GA&P (December 2016)

The origin of the investigation concerns the fact that, in August 2016, WhatsApp’s service was being updated in order to link users’ phone numbers to their identities on Facebook. According to the Commission, it seems that this was already possible during the 2014 antitrust review. The Commission is therefore concerned that Facebook provided incorrect information to the EU and, consequently, breached its obligations under EU Competition Law…