<story><title>Facebook&apos;s data gathering hit by German anti-trust clampdown</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-germany/facebooks-data-gathering-hit-by-german-anti-trust-clampdown-idUSKCN1PW0SW</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jplayer01</author><text>I wish anti-trust regulators would actually &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; something. The unchecked power and behavior of corporations is depressing. Take WhatsApp away from Facebook. They broke the one condition there was for the acquisition to be allowed. They have no legal or moral right to continue owning it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook&apos;s data gathering hit by German anti-trust clampdown</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-germany/facebooks-data-gathering-hit-by-german-anti-trust-clampdown-idUSKCN1PW0SW</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Grollicus</author><text>If I remember correctly Facebook was only allowed to buy Whatsapp in France because they promised not to share user data between the two services. The German data protection agency basically didn&amp;#x27;t say anything only because the french said it already.&lt;p&gt;Now Facebook does it&amp;#x27;s mix-and-mash anyways.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d have expected to hear something out of France about this. Did I just miss it?</text></comment>