Nigeria’s consumer watchdog fines Meta $220 million for violating local consumer, data laws

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s competition agency fined Meta Platforms $220 million after concluding investigations on data-sharing in its Facebook and WhatsApp platforms, the head of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Adama Abdullahi said on Friday.

(Reporting by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo, Editing by Louise Heavens)