Comment: Facebook-Giphy likely to need answers to data concerns in UK probe
By Victoria Ibitoye ( March 12, 2021, 15:11 GMT | Comment) -- Facebook and Giphy will find out later this month if their merger concerns the UK's Competition and Markets Authority enough to warrant an in-depth probe. The companies won't only need to have answered the regulator's questions over a threat to innovation and potential to foreclose rivals; they might also need to fend off mounting concerns over how Facebook plans to exploit Giphy's data.Facebook and Giphy will find out later this month if their merger concerns the UK's Competition and Markets Authority enough to warrant an in-depth probe....
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