The former chief executive officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, has described statements attributed to WhatsApp over its threat to exit Nigeria as pure rhetoric.
According to him, the company has appealed and should be more circumspect and spend its money and resources on mounting that appeal instead of propagandist fear-mongering.
The FCCPC had fortnight ago, slammed a $220 million fine on Meta for a data privacy violation, among other allegations. The Commission equally asked WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Facebook companies and third parties without explicit consent. The social media platform must also provide information about data collection and restore user control over data usage.
TechCabal, while citing at least four people familiar with the development, said Meta was considering “withdrawing certain services” from…
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