A Nigerian tribunal last week rejected the US social media giant's appeal against a $220 million fine imposed by the country's consumer protection agency, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
Meta's social media platforms -- WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram -- are among the most popular in the country.
“We disagree with the NDPC’s (Nigerian Data Protection Commission) decision, which fails to take into account the wide range of settings and tools that allow everyone using Facebook and Instagram in Nigeria to control how their information is used,“ a Meta spokesperson told AFP.
Nigeria had accused Meta of violating the country's data protection and consumer rights laws on Facebook and WhatsApp.
A WhatsApp spokesperson told AFP on Saturday: “The FCCPC order contains multiple inaccuracies and misrepresents how WhatsApp works, and we are urgently applying to stay the order and appeal the Tribunal’s decision to avoid any impact to users.”
In its statement it said that Meta had been sanctioned for “similar breaches” in Texas, India, South Korea, France and Australia, but had “never resorted to the blackmail of threatening to exit those countries. They obeyed”.
Nigeria had some 164.3 million internet subscriptions as of March, according to figures published on the National Communication Commission's website.
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