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Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent says 1.2 billion fine against Meta by EU is due to privacy concerns

Published: May 22, 2023, 8:20 p.m.

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Privacy concerns are behind a \\u20ac1.2 billion fine against Meta, the operators of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

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The European Union has slapped the fine on the social media giant, after an inquiry into transferring overseas data.

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Europe Correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking the EU believes this concerns millions of users.

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She says it\'s believed Meta hadn\'t done enough to protect data being passed to American intelligence agencies.

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