technical possibility of automatically matching Facebook IDs with WhatsApp IDs existed in 2014.
The possibility of matching the IDs of a system that uses mobile phone numbers for the primary ID with another that encourages you to supply your mobile number (and has a mobile app) wasn't technically possible?
Either the commission were incredibly inept or perhaps they were very clever. Perhaps they knew they couldn't stop it even without this claim, but they allowed it to pass under false pretences, they could monetize it later on.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
