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Meta fined $1.3 billion over data transfers to US – WSJ

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Posted on May 22, 2023

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Meta fined $1.3 billion over data transfers to US – WSJ (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has been fined $1.3 billion by European Union privacy regulators for sending user information to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

Meta fined $1.3 billion over data transfers to US – WSJ

(Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has been fined $1.3 billion by European Union privacy regulators for sending user information to the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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