Facebook gets Brazil fine over WhatsApp data cut to $6 million
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The decision overturned a fine of around 2.035 billion reais imposed in June 2017, deemed disproportionate by the court. The messaging app also became the frontline in Brazil’s bitter presidential race last year, after newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that supporters of far-right candidate and eventual victor Jair Bolsonaro had funded mass messaging attacks against leftist rival Fernando Haddad.
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