Seoul’s data protection regulator has fined Meta Platforms 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million). The company obtained private user information and shared it with advertisers without authorization.The…
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Germany’s competition watchdog has categorized Microsoft as a “company with paramount cross-market significance for competition.” This designation allows the regulator to take more aggressive action against…
EssilorLuxottica announced on Tuesday that it has reached a 10-year agreement to continue its partnership with Meta Platforms. This long-term deal will allow them to keep…
Instagram’s mobile app is no longer accessible in Turkey, as reported by the infotech authority on Friday. The ban does not specify the reason for it…
Meta Platforms will pay $1.4 billion to Texas, settling a lawsuit over unauthorized facial-recognition biometric data collection. Disclosed Tuesday, the settlement terms mark Texas’s largest accord…
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) immediately suspended Meta’s new privacy policy for using personal data to train AI systems. Published in Brazil’s official gazette, ANPD’s…
Italy’s antitrust regulator AGCM announced on Wednesday that it has penalized Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, for improper business practices. The watchdog highlighted these…
On Friday, Apple (AAPL.O) announced it had removed Meta Platforms’ (META.O) WhatsApp and Threads from the Chinese App Store. The Chinese government cited national security concerns…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempted to renegotiate a 2020 privacy settlement. However, Meta Platforms rejected the request, stating that it had voluntarily reported two technical…
According to Downdetector.com, Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms (META.O), appeared to be back online. The outage occurred on Thursday, causing the photo-sharing app’s services to be…