By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebook's WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the rules faced by telecoms providers to use electronic communications metadata.
The planned EU rules subject WhatsApp and Skype to the same rules as telecoms providers.
The bloc's 27 countries have struggled to find common ground on the ePrivacy regulation drafted by the European Commission in 2017 because of disagreement on rules for cookies tracking users' online activities crucial for targeted advertising, and consent requirements.
Germany, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, shared its proposed tweaks with other EU countries on Wednesday evening.
The document seen by Reuters reduces the ...
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