Facebook gets Brazil fine for withholding WhatsApp data reduced to $6 million
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's fine for withholding WhatsApp messaging from a drug-trafficking investigation in Brazil should be reduced to 23 million reais (£4.7 million), a Brazilian federal appeals court said on Tuesday.The decision overturned a fine of around 2.035 billion reais (£415.75 million) imposed in June 2017, which was deemed disproportionate by the federal appeals court in a trial last Wednesday.Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The world's..