They were fined for failing to disclose that they could do this automatically and easily, not for doing it per se. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/18/facebook-f

They were fined for failing to disclose that they could do this automatically and easily, not for doing it per se. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/18/facebook-fined-122m-in-europe-over-misleading-whatsapp-filing/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/18/facebook-fined-122m-in-eur...