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IIRC this was exactly the policy the EU required for allowing the acquisition in the first place.
by the-dude 5y ago
IIRC this was exactly the policy the EU required for allowing the acquisition in the first place.
- annadane 5y agoRight? And then they went ahead and did it anyway
- littlecranky67 5y agoyour comment is very relevant, most other comments focus on existing regulations like GDPR. But IIRC the Whatsapp takeover was only granted from EU regulatory offices with the requirement that Facebook would not join the Whatsapp users data into their systems [0] [0]: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/facebook-whatsapp-merger-european-commission-complaint https://www.wired.co.uk/article/facebook-whatsapp-merger-eur...
- wnkrshm 5y agoFacebook even said it wasn't possible IIRC.