101
submitted 1 week ago by slartibartfast@lemm.ee to c/world@quokk.au

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

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.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
101 points (100.0% liked)

World News

241 readers
265 users here now

Rules:

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

founded 1 month ago
MODERATORS