An Indian tribunal on Thursday suspended restrictions that would have barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with its parent company Meta, delivering a An Indian tribunal has suspended restrictions that would have barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with Meta.

An Indian tribunal temporarily suspended a five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms , a major relief for the U.S. giant which had warned its advertising business will be affected.

Meta secured partial relief in its legal battle with India's CCI over WhatsApp’s privacy policy, but must deposit 50% of the Rs 213 crore fine within two weeks.

Meta Platforms, the parent company of WhatsApp, has secured interim relief from India’s National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which stayed the five-year ban imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices.

The CCI has imposed a fine of $24.5 million and a five-year ban on the data sharing practice in India, the biggest market for Meta where it has more than 350 million Facebook users and over 500 millio

Meta challenges Indian antitrust ruling banning WhatsApp data-sharing with Meta for personalized ads, facing $24.5M fine and 5-year ban.

NCLAT grants relief to Meta and WhatsApp by staying the CCI's five-year ban on data-sharing practices for advertising purposes, pending further evaluation

An Indian appeals tribunal on Thursday put on hold the antitrust authority's five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms' other applications such as Facebook and Instagram for advertising purposes.