EU's Vestager says not precluding Facebook case in future


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 20 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager attends the weekly College of Commissioners meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Februray 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS: Facebook is not currently in EU regulators' crosshairs but it may well be in future because of the crucial role played by data, Europe's antitrust chief said on Tuesday.

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's comments came two weeks after the German cartel office ruled that the world's largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their consent.

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