<ul><li>India's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years.</li><li>The Competition Commission of India found WhatsApp's privacy update to be an abuse of Meta's dominant position by forcing users to accept expanded data collection without an opt-out option.</li><li>WhatsApp's mandatory data-sharing requirement created entry barriers for Meta's rivals and denied market access in the display advertising market.</li><li>In addition to a fine of $25.4 million, WhatsApp must make significant changes to its data practices in India, providing detailed explanations and opt-out options for users.</li></ul>

India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine

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