ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey's competition authority on Monday ordered Metaplatforms to prevent data sharing between Instagram and Threads platforms amid an investigation into possible abuse of the company's dominant market position. interim measures were imposed with the aim of
In December, authorities launched an investigation into Facebook's parent company, Meta, for allegedly violating competition laws by linking the company's social media platform Instagram to Startup Threads.
The authorities said the interim measures will remain in place until a final decision is made, as the data obtained and integrated through these two apps could “violate competition law and cause irreparable damage” to the market. Stated.
Separately, Turkish authorities imposed a daily fine of 4.8 million liras ($148,000) on Meta as part of a separate investigation into notification messages it sent to users about data sharing. .
The company said its notices regarding data sharing between its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services did not provide sufficient information or transparency.
It added that the user notice also aims to induce users to approve data sharing that is deemed insufficient to address anti-competitive concerns.
A Meta spokesperson did not immediately comment on the decision.
(1 dollar = 32.2954 lire)
(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Jonathan Spicer and Louise Heavens)