Meta slapped with €1.2 billion fine by EU over GDPR breaches

23 May 2023
The company transferred personal data from Europe to the United States.

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Carol, 31 May 2023To ban a company involves way more actions then you think, ... moreWelL AcTuAlLy ☝🏻🤡

Bru dont care gov only care about money. If u want better security and MONEY is the only way to get better security then why ask for MILLIONS and BILLIONS and then expect the security to be better when the budget is now lower.

Also the world doesnt need money to survive. People back then didnt cook only for money or made a little house and spears to defend themselfs from wild animals with money it was done CUZ IT HAD TO BE DONE. Not cuz someone paid you. Its the gov and society that fucked everyone up into believing that MONEY is the only way to survive. But no its not and not needed. You want a house you can build it and get help for free. And you repay them by doing the same for them and so on. Its the right thing to do. Not always about money.

A youtuber made little houses for the homeless but since they were living rent free all of a sudden the gov sent officials to take everything away and even some of them got jobs and but their own stuff and was also taken away. So you tell me..do we really need MONEY to survive ?????

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    • 31 May 2023

    BrianCoriour, 23 May 2023Why not just ban them ? Instead of asking for money as if y... moreTo ban a company involves way more actions then you think, they can't just ban meta without the whole Ruling party and law system to agree to it. And there are the human rights and freedom of speach and so on, that come into play. What they can do tough, is to teach people about data selling and how this garbage companies make more money per day selling their profile, then they themselves after a month of hard work.

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      • Anonymous
      • n3q
      • 30 May 2023

      When the the fine doesn't hurt their overall business strategy, it isn't a fine, it is a 'Business Fee'.

        Anonymous, 24 May 2023american companies getting fined still not banned but chine... moreThere is no fair when it comes to others

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          • DGV
          • 24 May 2023

          the whole tech industry for consumers is basically illegal, laws that have been widely applied throughout the ages are not followed, this company has had its opportunities, everyone would be fine with an orderly complete shutdown

            Dont worry, they just make new sub-company in Europe without direct connection to meta, send data there and then send it back to US as "encrypted analytic data" and if someone ask why its all so big and frequent they just say that "lots of data need lots of traffic"

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              • Anonymous
              • Emn
              • 24 May 2023

              american companies getting fined still not banned but chinese companies banned Im not a fan of china but we need to be fair

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                • 24 May 2023

                Trollhammeren, 23 May 2023awesome ! more !They will never pay this fine

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                  • 24 May 2023

                  When I read this news, I remembered a memory

                  When I was a student and a child, a few minutes before the exam, the teacher told the children to be quiet and sit down until I come back.

                  My friend provoked me and asked me to get up and go see the questions on the exam papers that were on the teacher's desk and tell others!

                  After the teacher returned, my friend told the teacher what I did and I was punished :))

                    awesome ! more !

                      Why not just ban them ? Instead of asking for money as if your the ex wife trying to get easy money from a divorce ???? Just ban and thats it.

                        Kezkouz, 23 May 2023That's all?! So sad, make it €50 billions, please! 🥺Hey it's better than the joke that is 100 million

                          big W to EU

                          This is deserve what Meta silently transfered their European data to US data, EU triggers so hard. Good job Meta, your economy has gone to downfall

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                            • td5
                            • 23 May 2023

                            That's it?! Should fine them a lot more

                              That's all?! So sad, make it €50 billions, please! 🥺

                                Anonymous, 23 May 2023They should just ban meta now. It's getting ridiculous.A ban would be wonderful. I hope they get banned soon but until then keep them fines coming and make them 50 times larger!

                                  Anonymous, 23 May 2023Should’ve been much more considering they keep doing shady ... moreYeah I agree. Good thing is that now the fines are in motion and they are getting bigger and bigger. Hopefully they'll nail them again soon and give them a another fine much larger than the current one. This is a good development from EU and I'm sure Meta will get a lot more fines in the future. Sit back and enjoy the show my guy.

                                    I love it - keep them fines coming EU! Great work! Next time please make the fine 50 times higher.

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                                      DZii, 23 May 2023The thing is: Meta pay the fine to EU but the money goes to... morePeople when they find out about corporatism ☠️

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                                        • 23 May 2023

                                        I don't care who they share the data with, but the social network itself has become nonsense; It's inconvenient and full of ads/misinformation. A very toxic place.