Ofcom has fined Meta a massive £450,000 after the tech giant gave ‘inaccurate’ answers to five questions in statutory information requests about its WhatsApp Business messaging service. The online watchdog launched an investigation back in January…
Ofcom had asked Meta for the figures as part of a probe into rising prices for the automated texts companies send out, like as NHS appointment reminders and one-time passcodes, which have jumped by as much as 70% since 2021. Ofcom claims Meta’s answers were riddled with errors and took repeated requests to put right. They say this meant staff were “required to expend additional regulatory resources to identify errors, seek clarification and verify data“. Someone think of the Ofcom staff…
Meta got 25% knocked off the fine for owning up and agreeing to settle. Ofcom said it also took into account that Meta had not made any money from the blunders. But they still need to cough up anyway…
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