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Meta fined over $400 million for its targeted ad practices

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By Herb Scribner

January 4, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, illegally required users to agree to personalized and targeted ads and was fined $414 million for violating European Union rules, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Wednesday.

The big picture: Meta will pay about $223 million for violating privacy rules on Facebook and about $191 million for its practices on Instagram, the regulator said.

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