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

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It needs to be way higher.

[–] Lemmynated 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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