WhatsApp’s data sharing with Facebook has prompted an antitrust investigation in Turkey
WhatsApp’s surprised users byannouncing deep data-sharing integration with Facebookwith no opt-out whatsoever, and now the move has attracted regulatory scrutiny in Turkey. Bloomberg reports today that the new usage terms have now sparked privacy concerns, provoking an antitrust investigation by Turkey’s antitrust board. The regulator said it was halting implementation of the new terms because they would result in “more data being collected, processed and used by Facebook,” according to the news-gathering organization....