Lessons to be learned from Facebook´s WhatsApp deal, French watchdog says
(World News Science)

Facebook´s $22 billion buyout of WhatsApp six years ago should have been blocked, the boss of France´s antitrust watchdog, which is set to help review EU rules, has told Reuters. `Clearly, deals such as the Facebook/WhatsApp merger should probably not have been allowed,` Isabelle de Silva said in an interview. `One of the things we see more clearly now than we did a few years ago is how the ability to collect and exploit data is a major advantage,` she said. `This is what allows players like Facebook and Google to create their value today.` A spokesman for Facebook had no immediate comment. With a new European Commission in place, antitrust authorities in Brussels are preparing for an...