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Big setback for WhatsApp, Facebook in India

In a big setback for Meta Platforms, the Delhi High Court has directed the CCI to probe WhatsApp LLC and Facebook Inc. The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, has rejected WhatsApp and Facebook's appeals against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) probe into the instant messaging platform's updated privacy policy of 2021. WhatsApp has announced its updated privacy policy allowing the company to share data concerning user interaction with business accounts with Facebook. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has withheld the single judge's order rejecting the Meta's plea to interdict the CCI's investigation. Last year in April, a single judge of the high court had refused to imped...