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Meta ends Turkish data-sharing antitrust probe with commitments

( December 5, 2024, 13:23 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms has seen the end of a Turkish dominance-abuse probe looking into the linking and combination of data between social media platform Threads and Instagram. Meta has committed to ensure that users can use Threads by creating only a Threads profile and that data collected through it wouldn't be combined with Instagram, unless users choose to combine their accounts. The commitment would apply from the date on which Threads becomes available in the country again. Earlier this year, Meta temporarily shut down Threads in Turkey to comply with an antitrust interim order that prohibited the sharing of data between the platforms.Statement follows. ...

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