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Germany opens antitrust probe into Facebook and Oculus account linking

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A day after the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general filed antitrust charges against Facebook, it emerged the social media colossus is the subject of yet another investigation. Officials in Germany are looking into whether the company’s...

Germany lets users decide if Facebook can merge their WhatsApp and Instagram data

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Germany is known for its no-nonsense approach to digital data gathering -- back in 2016 it took a hard stance against Facebook's use of WhatsApp data, and more recently announced its plans to investigate the Google+ data exposure. Now, its anti-trust...