Tag: Whatsapp
US: WhatsApp founder leaves company over Facebook data strategy
The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook, announced he is leaving the company.
Jan Koum, who co-founded WhatsApp with Brian Acton, is...
EU: WhatsApp hasn’t resolved data sharing concerns
According to Reuters, the Irish competition regulator confirmed WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns. WhatsApp was suppose to propose...
EU: Facebook to pay $122m for ‘Misleading’ WhatsApp deal
The European Commission issued Facebook with a €110 million ($122 million) fine for “misleading” European regulators over its controversial acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014,...
EU: Facebook to face fine over WhatsApp deal
Facebook may be fined as soon as Thursday by the European Union for misleading regulators during a 2014 review of the WhatsApp messaging service...
Italy: Antitrust watchdog fines Whatsapp over customer data terms
Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Friday it was imposing a $3.3 million fine on messaging service Whatsapp for allegedly obliging users to agree to...
EU: Vestager is analyzing Facebook’s reply to WhatsApp probe
EU antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, said on Wednesday she was reviewing Facebook's response to charges the US social network provided misleading information during its...
Germany: WhatsApp sued by consumer watchdog
A German consumer group has sued Facebook’s WhatsApp in a Berlin court over clauses that allow the messaging service to collect and transfer user...
