In a statement released on Friday, July 19, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) announced the penalty, citing violations under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA) 2018 and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (Administrative Penalties) Regulations 2020 (APR).
Adamu Abdullahi, the FCCPC’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, stated that Meta was found guilty of several offences, including the unauthorized transfer and sharing of Nigerian data, cross-border storage violations, discrimination and disparate treatment, abuse of dominance, and tying and bundling practices. Additionally, Meta was accused of denying Nigerian data subjects the right to self-determination regarding their personal data.
The statement reads: