Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

Facebook, Insta told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months

A legal saga between Meta, Ireland and the European Union has reached a conclusion – at least for now – that forces the social media giant to remove data consent requirements from its terms of service in favor of explicit consent, and subjects it to a few hundred million more euros in fines for the trouble. …

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