SAO PAULO: Facebook Inc's fine for withholding WhatsApp messages from a drug-trafficking investigation in Brazil should be reduced to 23mil reais (RM24.68mil), a Brazilian federal appeals court ruled on June 26.
The decision overturned a fine of around 2.035bil reais (RM2.17bil) imposed in June 2017, deemed disproportionate by the court.
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