[HN Gopher] Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, dat...
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       Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws
        
       Author : skilled
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-07-19 18:42 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
       | Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I
       | imagine.
        
         | popcalc wrote:
         | Force their ISPs to block WhatsApp? Hello?
        
         | Sayrus wrote:
         | They have offices and very probably a legal entity in Nigeria.
         | I'd imagine that if they don't pay up, and as such decide to
         | not follow the country's law, then Nigeria will seize the
         | assets available and issue a ban against WhatsApp and other
         | Meta services.
        
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