{"id":103076,"date":"2017-05-18T04:07:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T08:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103076"},"modified":"2017-05-18T04:07:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T08:07:57","slug":"eu-fines-facebook-usd112-5m-for-providing-misleading-info-on-whatsapp-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/18\/eu-fines-facebook-usd112-5m-for-providing-misleading-info-on-whatsapp-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"EU fines Facebook USD112.5M for providing &#8216;misleading&#8217; info on whatsApp takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103077\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20783_10151848827816729_587339413_n-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103077\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20783_10151848827816729_587339413_n-1.png\" alt=\"The European Commission said Thursday it fined Facebook social media network 110 million euros (USD122.5 million) for providing &quot;misleading&quot; information during the commission\u2019s investigation of its acquisition of WhatsApp instant messaging application. (Photo: Facebook\/Facebook)\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20783_10151848827816729_587339413_n-1.png 417w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20783_10151848827816729_587339413_n-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20783_10151848827816729_587339413_n-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The European Commission said Thursday it fined Facebook social media network 110 million euros (USD122.5 million) for providing &#8220;misleading&#8221; information during the commission\u2019s investigation of its acquisition of WhatsApp instant messaging application. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/facebook\/photos\/a.494827881728.283935.20531316728\/10151848827816729\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Facebook\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BRUSSELS\u2014The European Commission said Thursday it fined Facebook social media network 110 million euros (USD122.5 million) for providing &#8220;misleading&#8221; information during the commission\u2019s investigation of its acquisition of WhatsApp instant messaging application.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The European Commission has fined Facebook \u20ac 110 million for providing incorrect or misleading information during the Commission&#8217;s 2014 investigation under the EU Merger Regulation of Facebook&#8217;s acquisition of WhatsApp,&#8221; the commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS\u2014The European Commission said Thursday it fined Facebook social media network 110 million euros (USD122.5 million) for providing &#8220;misleading&#8221; information &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,17],"tags":[444],"class_list":["post-103076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-w","tag-facebook","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}