Meta's WhatsApp loses challenge to European data fine
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Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp has lost in an action it pursued against the European Union's Data Protection Board.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled against an action brought by WhatsApp, dismissing it as inadmissible.
In August 2021, the Irish supervisory authority found that WhatsApp had infringed some provisions of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, and fined WhatsApp â¬225M. WhatsApp challenged that final decision and asked that the General Court annul a contested decision by the European Data Protection Board.

That challenge has been dismissed. The court notes that the validity of the contested decision (by the EDPB) can be examined by a national court hearing.
Meta stock (META) is seeing a Wednesday rebound, fractionally higher after falling almost 7% on Tuesday.