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Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.

A massive dataset of personal information from 553 million Facebook users which surfaced online over the weekend may predate the GDPR, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has said. In a statement yesterday, the watchdog said it is continuing to "establish the full facts" in connection with the data

Australians can no longer access or share news on Facebook after the social media giant responded to proposed new legislation with sweeping restrictions on news content. Legislation which would establish a "mandatory code of conduct" for news media businesses and digital platforms was approved at th

Social media giant Facebook has played down suggestions that it will withdraw from Europe despite suggesting in an Irish court filing that it may have to. Yvonne Cunnane, Facebook's associate general counsel, told the High Court that it was "not clear" how the company could "continue to provide the

Facebook has reached an agreement with the Information Commissioner's Office to pay a £500,000 fine in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal with no admission of liability. The fine was issued to the social media giant just over a year ago after the watchdog identified suspected fail