Antitrust in 2 WhatsApp probes (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 28 - Italy's anti-trust authority has opened two probes into WhatsApp Inc for suspected violations of the Consumers Code, the authority said Friday. The first aims to establish whether the US company forced users to wholly accept new contract terms and especially sharing their data with Facebook. Users were allegedly forced to comply by the implicit threat of no longer being able to use the app, the authority said. The other probe aims to establish if some clauses were vexatious. The clauses include those on ending contracts and the limitation of available forums to US courts.