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WhatsApp, Facebook challenge against India antitrust probe dismissed

By Freny Patel
  • 22 Apr 2021 04:20
  • 18 May 2021 21:41
The Delhi High Court today dismissed WhatsApp and Facebook's petition challenging the antitrust investigation against the US messaging platform's new privacy policy.
The Competition Commission of India, or CCI, ordered an investigation into WhatsApp for abusing its dominant position, challenging the changes to the US messaging app's privacy policy. (see

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Freny Patel

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Freny has been covering antitrust law, M&A and regulations for over a decade, serving as Asia editor at Policy and Regulatory Report. Prior to joining as an editor at Mergermarket, she headed the banking bureau of a leading Indian financial daily, Business Standard. When India privatized the insurance sector, she had her own column in The Observer.

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