Turkiye: Issued further ruling for failure to meet compliance measures in investigation into Meta for combining data collected from its core services

On 10 January 2024, the Competition Authority of Turkiye announced its decision regarding the investigation into Meta concerning a failure to comply with the measures imposed after a previous violation of the Competition Protection Law. The Competition Board previously concluded that META violated Article 6 of Law No. 4054 by hindering competition and impeding market entry by combining data collected from its core services, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. As a result, META was fined TRY 346'717'193 based on their annual gross revenues. In addition, META was obligated to take measures to end the violation and promote market competition. The compliance measures submitted by META were found to be insufficient, leading to the imposition of an administrative fine of TRY 4'796'152 per day starting from 12 December 2023 until the Final Compliance Solution is registered with the Competition Authority.