India, Feb. 23 -- After an over year long legal tussle with the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Meta has reportedly agreed to comply with the latter's directions pertaining to the WhatsApp privacy policy case.

As per a report by Bar and Bench, WhatsApp told the Supreme Court (SC) during a hearing today that it will withdraw its interim application challenging NCLAT's order which called for enforcement of directions issued by the CCI in respect to it implementing a user-consent based framework for data sharing. Consequently, the SC granted the company to withdraw its petition.

Meta's counsel Kapil Sibal told the bench that it would no longer press its interim applications seeking a stay on the directions since the company had deci...