UK fines Meta US$597,000 over repeated inaccuracies in WhatsApp data
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday it had fined Meta £450,000 (US$597,000) for providing inaccurate information about its WhatsApp Business service in response to requests it made as part of its telecoms market review. Ofcom reviewed the market for business bulk SMS text messages in 2025 to better understand the services available to businesses. Ofcom sought information in 2025 about WhatsApp for Business, including messaging volumes and revenues. The regulator said Meta had...
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- Nov 12, 12:16 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisUK fines Meta US$597,000 over repeated inaccuracies in WhatsApp datascmp.com ↗
- Nov 12, 12:18 PM UTC+2 minMeta fined by UK regulator over repeated inaccuracies in WhatsApp Business datachannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 12:18 PM UTC · +2 min
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Ofcom fine on Meta over inaccurate WhatsApp Business information, with a currency conversion and added detail that do not conflict with Report 1.
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