ISTANBUL, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Turkey's competition board

said on Thursday that it has decided to terminate an

investigation of Meta Platforms ( META ) regarding data-sharing

between social media platforms Threads and Instagram.

Commitments presented by the company to address competition

concerns are sufficient and hence the authority decided to end

the investigation, it said in a statement.

As part of the commitments Meta sent to the authority, both

existing Threads users and new users will be able to use the

platform by opening a Threads profile without requiring an

Instagram account, when the app is reinstated for access in

Turkey.

Meta told the antitrust authority that unless the users in

question choose to merge their accounts, their data obtained

through Threads will not be merged with Instagram.

The board launched the investigation into Meta last year

over a possible violation of competition law related to the

linking of its social media platforms.

In April, Meta temporarily shut down its Threads social

media platform in Turkey to comply with an interim order from

the Turkish competition authority.