British officials announced on the 20th that they will fine Facebook about 8 billion yen in Japanese yen for not cooperating with the examination over the acquisition of a company engaged in image production by Facebook, an American IT giant. ..
The Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom announced on the 20th that it will fine Facebook 50.5 million pounds and about 8 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Last year, Facebook announced the acquisition of "Jiffy," an American company that produces and shares images, but until the Competition and Markets Authority has completed a review to see if there are any competitive issues. I was ordering not to integrate the businesses.
However, Facebook consciously refused to report the information it needed to provide and said it did not cooperate.
The Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement about the decision, "We warned that refusing to provide important information was a violation, but Facebook continued to ignore its legal obligations."
In response, Facebook responded by saying, "I can't agree at all with an unjust decision."