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Facebook Fined $122 Million for Misleading EU on Takeover of WhatsApp

Facebook has been fined $122M by European regulators for providing "misleading information" about its acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp.
Woman holds a tablet displaying WhatsApp's logo in front of the screen with the Facebook logo in this photo illustration taken in Prague
A woman holds a tablet displaying WhatsApp's logo in front of the screen with the Facebook logo. REUTERS/David W Cerny
/ Source: CNBC
By Arjun Kharpal, CNBC
Image: Facebook
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC

Arjun Kharpal is a senior correspondent for CNBC in London.

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