Posted on 01/06/2023 9:18:05 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
The EU just slapped Facebook parent company Meta with a nearly half-billion-dollar fine, but that’s the least of the company’s worries in Europe.
Mark Zuckerberg’s data-hoovering social media colossus will have to write the EU a $413-million check for violating user privacy in EU member countries. For a company that made nearly $40 billion in 2021 alone, even a fine as large as that — which Meta will certainly contest — won’t force the company to change its ways.
“More significantly,” reports France24, “European regulators dismissed the legal basis Meta had used to justify gathering users’ personal data for use in targeted advertising.”
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Schmuckberg knows what you are doing all the time. They track your audio and of course whatever you click on. Not to mention your “camera “ lens and gps data. Glowie big bro, our Schmuckie is.
There is little difference between tik tok and Facebook.
Communist gotta do what communists do
I don’t have social media. Nobody should.
The EU doesn’t care about Zuckerberg violating privacy and exerting control over the information the peons receive. They care that an American is doing it and they don’t have direct control. If anything Zuckerberg isn’t controlling the peons enough for their taste.
This.
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https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/01/06/the-eu-just-shivved-facebook-and-i-cant-stop-smiling-n1659184
Right... I don’t either...and never will
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