{"id":849825,"date":"2025-05-20T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/220m-fine-fccpc-hails-trubunals-judgment-against-meta-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:11:52","slug":"220m-fine-fccpc-hails-trubunals-judgment-against-meta-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/220m-fine-fccpc-hails-trubunals-judgment-against-meta-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"$220m Fine: FCCPC Hails Trubunal\u2019s Judgment Against Meta, WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>News Investigators\/ The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has hailed the\u00a0 Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal for its judgment in the appeal filed by Meta Platforms Incorporated (Facebook) and WhatsApp LLC.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement by the FCCPC Director Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, on Friday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ijagwu said the Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Mr Tunji Bello, also commended FCCPC\u2019s legal team for their exceptional diligence.<\/p>\n<p>He said the tribunal resolved issues one to seven\u00a0 in favour of the FCCPC, dismissing the appellants\u2019 objections to the commission\u2019s findings, orders, and legal competence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ijagwu said the tribunal\u2019s three-member panel led by Thomas Okosun, affirmed the commission\u2019s authority and actions in nearly all the contested issues.<\/p>\n<p>He said the tribunal determined that the commission complied with prevailing laws, discharged its mandate, and exercised its powers within the confines of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsinvestigatorsng.com\/tel:1999\">1999<\/a>\u00a0Constitution (as amended).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ijagwu said the tribunal awarded the sum of $220 million against Meta Platforms Incorporated and WhatsApp LLC, as an administrative penalty, and further awarded $35,000 dollars to the FCCPC as cost of investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the case arose from a 38-month joint investigation initiated by the FCCPC and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission into the conduct, privacy practices, and consumer data policies of Meta Platforms and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, dissatisfied with the order last year, Meta and WhatsApp appealed to the tribunal, challenging both the legal basis and the findings of FCCPC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe Tribunal resolved issues one to seven largely in favour of the FCCPC, dismissing the appellants\u2019 objections to the commission\u2019s findings, orders, and legal competence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe tribunal held that the FCCPC acted within its statutory mandate, reaffirming its authority under Section 104 of the FCCPA to regulate competition and consumer protection even in regulated industries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ijagwu reinstated FCCPC\u2019s commitment to not only championing the rights of Nigerian consumers but also ensuring fair business practices in the country.<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinvestigatorsng.com\/220m-fine-fccpc-hails-trubunals-judgment-against-meta-whatsapp\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Investigators\/ The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has hailed the\u00a0 Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal for its judgment in the appeal filed by Meta Platforms Incorporated (Facebook) and WhatsApp LLC. This is contained in a statement by the FCCPC Director Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, on Friday in Abuja. Mr Ijagwu said the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137805,37979],"tags":[137804,19198],"class_list":{"0":"post-849825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fccpc","8":"category-hails","9":"tag-fccpc","10":"tag-hails"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}