Competition Commission of India, Digital economy, Digital markets, Facebook, India, Tying and Bundling, Whatsapp
The Problematic Stance of CCI in Whatsapp Pay Tying Case: An Opportunity Missed?
The antitrust watchdog of India recently in Harshita Chawla v Whatsapp and Facebook[1] held that Whatsapp’s proposed model of integrating its payments app called ‘Whatsapp Pay’ (‘WPay’) within its messaging app is not anti-competitive since it does not constitute ‘tying in’ due to lack of coercion. In reaching such a conclusion the Competition Commission of…