Ireland fines Instagram a record of more than $405 mln over children's data [telecom]

From	Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.dcom.telecom
Subject	Ireland fines Instagram a record of more than $405 mln over children's data [telecom]
Date	2022-09-18 20:38 +0000
Organization	The Telecom Digest
Message-ID	<20220918203816.GA349937@telecomdigest.us> (permalink)

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DUBLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed
to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against
social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling
of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said.

Instagram plans to appeal against the fine, a spokesperson for parent
Meta Platforms Inc. said in an emailed statement.

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Google's "Currency Converter" shows 405 Million Euros as equivalent to
405,454,005.00 US Dollars as of 20:42Z on September 18.

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