Meta is seeking to overturn an antitrust directive in India. The directive bans WhatsApp from sharing user data with Meta for advertising. ...

Meta is challenging the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) November ruling, which determined that the company abused its dominance by ...

The antitrust watchdog on Monday said Meta has abused its dominant position in the market, explaining that this fine relates to how WhatsAp...

In 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into the then-new privacy policy of WhatsApp for alleged abuse of market...

Facebook India, the Indian subsidiary of US-based Facebook Inc (now known as Meta Platforms), argued that the CCI has clubbed it in its ong...

A division bench led by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said the appeals filed by WhatsApp and Meta against the single-judge order that...

The CCI said the scope of inquiry against WhatsApp has no overlap with the issue of an alleged infringement of user privacy pending before ...

CCI told a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma that there was "virtually a stay" on the proceedings and the anti-trust regu...

WhatsApp and Facebook have also challenged the CCI's asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it.

The notice, which was issued on June 4, had sought certain documents in a probe ordered by the CCI to look into the new privacy policy of W...

The appeals made by WhatsApp and Facebook were identical to the ones made before Delhi High Court's division bench, which has not granted a...

WhatsApp and Facebook had challenged the CCI's March 24 order directing a probe into the new privacy policy.

CCI had argued before the court that the new privacy policy of WhatsApp would lead to excessive data collection and "stalking" of consumers...

India's competition regulator on March 24 had ordered a probe after it found that the messaging platform had violated the provisions of the...

Firms need to tread carefully on data and privacy policy as probe could open floodgates for more

A case in March alleged that WhatsApp was bundling its digital payment facility - WhatsApp Pay - within its messaging app for which it alre...

The complaint comes at a time when WhatsApp is working to launch its payments platform in India.