Meta is the parent company of the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as of the WhatsApp instant messaging service.
Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Friday accused Meta of discriminatory practices, abuse of market dominance, sharing Nigerians’ personal data without authorization and denying Nigerians the right to determine how their data is used.
FCCPC chief executive officer Adamu Abdullahi said investigations carried out by the commission showed that Meta had engaged in “invasive practices against data subjects in Nigeria.”
Abdullahi said the tech giant must “comply with the prevailing law and cease the exploitation of Nigerian consumers and their market abuse.”
The commission ordered the firm to “desist from future similar or other conduct/practices that do not meet nationally applicable standards.”
Earlier this month, the European Union accused Meta of breaching the bloc’s tech regulations.
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