European Commission approves Facebook/WhatsApp deal: data concentration and privacy as competition concerns?

October 17, 2014 / By Igne Graef Inge Graef, an expert on the intersection between personal data and competition law on online media platforms from KU Leuven, looks at the Facebook/WhatsApp acquisition and argues that the European Commission should have examined the impact data concentration can have on attracting and retaining users and privacy as a…