GovChat Statement on Competition Commission Referring Facebook for Prosecution

Publisher:
GovChat
Publication Date:
16 March 2022
Tags:
Southern Africa, Governance, ICT and Telecom, Legal and Judicial Affairs

GovChat welcomes the Competition Commission statement made on 14 March 2022. The Commission announced that it has referred, Meta Platforms Inc (previously known as Facebook Inc), and its subsidiaries, WhatsApp Inc and Facebook South Africa (collectively referred to as Facebook) for abuse of dominance to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution.

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