EU privacy regulator fines Meta 251 million eurosThe inquiry was opened six years ago after Meta notified Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) of the breach that impacted around 29 m...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.52 AM IST
Ireland fines Meta $263 million over Facebook hacksMeta, Facebook's parent company, has been fined €251 million by Irish regulators for a 2018 data breach affecting 29 million users globally...
17 Dec, 2024, 08.42 PM IST
Donald Trump hosts Apple CEO Tim Cook at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-electApple CEO Tim Cook dined with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, joining other tech leaders like Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, and ...
14 Dec, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
Ireland fines Meta €91 million over EU data breachAn Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 millio...
28 Sep, 2024, 06.36 PM IST
Google, Meta win court fight against Austrian online content ruleThe Austrian law, enacted in 2021 and which obliges Big Tech to publish regular reports of illegal content, comes amid mounting concerns wo...
09 Nov, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertisingThe ban on such advertising, which targets users by harvesting their data, is a setback for U.S. tech giant Meta Platforms, the owner of th...
01 Nov, 2023, 11.18 PM IST
Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertisingThe European data regulator has extended a ban on "behavioural advertising" on Facebook and Instagram to all 30 countries in the European U...
01 Nov, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
Meta introduces ad-free plans for Instagram, Facebook in EuropeThe monthly subscription plans will cost €9.99 ($10.58) for web users, while iOS and Android users will have to shell out €12.99 a month.
30 Oct, 2023, 06.29 PM IST
Meta's Instagram, Facebook to charge EU users for ad-free serviceMeta Platforms, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is considering introducing ad-free subscription plans for users in Europe. Th...
04 Oct, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
Meta floats charging $14 a month for ad-free Instagram or Facebook in EuropeUnder the plan, Meta has told regulators it would charge users roughly 10 euros ($10.46) a month on a desktop for a Facebook or Instagram a...
03 Oct, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
Facebook owner Meta asks Norway court to halt privacy fineSince August 14, Meta Platforms has been fined 1 million crowns ($94,313) per day for harvesting user data and using it to target advertisi...
22 Aug, 2023, 02.23 PM IST
Norway fines Facebook owner Meta over privacy breachesThe regulator, Datatilsynet, had said on July 17 that the company would be fined if it did not address privacy breaches the regulator had i...
08 Aug, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
Meta fined by Norway regulator Datatilsynet over data privacy breachesRegulator Datatilsynet said Meta cannot harvest user data in Norway, such as users' physical locations, and use it to target advertising at...
17 Jul, 2023, 02.28 PM IST
Dominance, data, disinformation: Europe's fight with Big TechHere is a summary of the tussles between Silicon Valley and Brussels.
14 Jun, 2023, 09.26 PM IST
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to USThe penalty will be higher than the previous record €746 million ($821.20 million) fine for Amazon.com Inc, according to the sources.
18 May, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Meta's WhatsApp fined $5.95 million by lead EU privacy regulatorThe DPC, which acts as the EU's lead privacy regulator for Meta, said WhatsApp must reassess how it uses personal data for service improvem...
19 Jan, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 millionIreland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram servic...
04 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST