Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by skilled » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:42 PM UTC

Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws
reuters.com

Re: Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 9:02 PM UTC

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

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Post by popcalc » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 10:26 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

Force their ISPs to block WhatsApp? Hello?

Re: Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by Sayrus » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 10:29 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

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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Post by bgnn » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:17 PM UTC

popcalc wrote: post #3

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

Force their ISPs to block WhatsApp? Hello?

Happens. Happened in Turkey in the past.

Re: Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by extraduder_ire » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:26 PM UTC

For reference: that's below $1 per resident.

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Post by aliyfarah » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:35 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

They likely won't pay as Meta does not pay any tax close to 200mm in Nigeria.

Re: Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by aliyfarah » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:39 PM UTC

Sayrus wrote: post #4

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Facebook can simply not pay it? Nigeria cannot do anything I imagine.

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.

Nigeria will be the big loser if they ban Meta’s free and widely used services. No tech company could function if every banana republic levies hundreds of millions of fines when they don't even generate that much revenue in those markets.

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Post by SoftTalker » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:40 PM UTC

Good news, a prince needs some help getting his family inheritance out of the country. Meta can just provide its bank account and routing code numbers to receive the transfer, and will get to keep 25%. They're set.

Re: Nigeria fines Meta $220M for violating consumer, data laws

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Post by xyst » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 11:47 PM UTC

Instead of a fine, Nigeria government should have just invoiced them. It (sort of) worked for one Lithuanian man between 2013-2015 [1]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/business/facebook-google-...