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Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway | 'It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.' (www.engadget.com)

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Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway | 'It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.'::Meta's practice of tracking Instagram and Facebook users violates their privacy, Norway's data protection regulator said..

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[-] tumbleweed05@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Like $9 million USD will change their ways…

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah. It should be at least 10 times that. FB can either change or leave.

[-] i_do_not_agree@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Norway have population of 5 6 million i don't think they are earning that much from Norway

[-] sjatar@sjatar.net 3 points 1 year ago

Most likely they cannot change the system in just Norway. They'd have to change it for a much larger set of users.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

36.5 M$/a might even be worth it.

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