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26. Secondly, the Informant has alleged that the acquisition of WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus by Facebook causes an adverse effect on the competition as these companies have huge data sets of users which they can use for their commercial advantage. The Informant has also referred to an ongoing federal lawsuit against Facebook on its anti-competitive activities of acquisition and driving out competition in United States of America. The Informant also referred to EU antitrust case against Facebook alleging access to more data and revenue by acquisition and blocking of competition with the expansion in new sectors. The Informant has also highlighted the fine imposed by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Facebook amounting to US$5 billion for violation of consumer's privacy by breaching data security and privacy laws. Reliance has been placed on various news articles to substantiate the foregoing facts.