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Nigeria's consumer protection watchdog accused US tech giant Meta of abusing market dominance and sharing personal data without permission. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Nigeria has issued a $220 million (€202 million) fine against US tech giant Meta for violations of antitrust, data protection and consumer rights laws.

Meta is the parent company of the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as of the WhatsApp instant messaging service.

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[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago

This just in, Meta ignore Nigerian fines. The reason? It’s Nigeria, what are they gonna do?

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 20 points 3 months ago

They could block Facebook. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, it's a significant market.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

According to meta, they make $2.77 per customer not in NA, Europe, Asia, or Pacific. There are 16 million Nigerians on facebook according to their statistics, so 177 million per year.

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