EUR 390 million fine to Metari, owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching European privacy laws
- Since the multinational Meta has its tax domicile in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission of that country has decided to use social media users’ data illegally. It explains that it forces citizens to consent to personal advertising. On Facebook, with a fine of €210 million, Instagram of €180 million, resolves the complaint against WhatsApp next week, a company created on Facebook that joins these three platforms.
Meta has been sanctioned by the Data Protection Committee of Ireland with EUR 390 million for forcing social media users to accept personalized advertising and, in particular, for failing to comply with their “transparency” obligations. The Irish Commission has decided on the matter because Meta has its fiscal home in Ireland for Europe.
Meta owned Facebook and Instagram social networks have been fined with 210 million and 180 million, respectively. The complaint against WhatsApp has been filed, but next week it must be resolved, also owned by Met.
Le Mond has stated that it obliges users to accept the conditions of use of these networks. In addition to the fine, the Commission grants Met a period of three months to enable it to modify the format of authorisations and to reject personalised advertising.
However, Met has announced that it will appeal to the resolution on the grounds that the measures taken by the Commission do not prohibit personalised advertising.
This article provides a summary of all fines received by Meta in previous months. These financial penalties are not of any kind, but many think Met considers them a cost to pay to carry out his business. In 2021 they earned a gross income of $95.280 million and it is estimated that €3 billion is reserved to pay data protection fines by 2022-2023.
The other day I wrote a message to META. Say, I thought and I started to do it. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't slept since then, because it wasn't just any message, I wrote it rather dry. Edge, almost. Through an Instagram video I learned that META will use the information its users share... [+]
