The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal dismissed Meta and WhatsApp's appeal and upheld the FCCPC's USD 220 million administrative penalty (plus USD 35,000 in investigation costs), affirming the Commission's finding that the companies engaged in discriminatory and exploitative data-privacy practices against Nigerian consumers, including denying Nigerian users control over their personal data and sharing data without consent, contrary to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act and applicable data-protection standards.

The largest data-related penalty upheld against a global platform in Nigeria and a flagship example of competition and consumer-protection law being used to police data-privacy abuses, following a 38-month joint FCCPC - NDPC investigation. It affirms that exploitative privacy terms can constitute abusive and discriminatory conduct under consumer-protection law, and signals an assertive Nigerian enforcement posture toward dominant technology platforms.