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Flipkart, Meta fined ₹10 lakh each on illegal walkie-talkie sales
short by Vaishnavi Mishra / on Thursday, 15 January, 2026
Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) fined Flipkart and Meta (Facebook Marketplace) ₹10 lakh each over walkie-talkie sales without mandatory regulatory and licensing disclosures. Walkie-talkies are regulated telecom equipment, and online sellers must state related legal disclosures. CCPA held that repeated hosting, despite regulatory intervention, showed inadequate enforcement mechanisms.
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