World News

246 readers

702 users here now

Rules:

Be a decent person
No spam
Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

founded 1 month ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat

101

South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users (apnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by slartibartfast@lemm.ee to c/world@quokk.au

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It needs to be way higher.

[–] Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They’re rookie numbers for sure. Maybe 21.6 billion USD.