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European watchdog fines Meta $1.3 billion over privacy violations

Ireland's Data Protection Commission ruled the tech company breached European privacy laws by transferring user data from Europe to the U.S., where

Tech giant Meta must pay a record 1.2 billion euros — nearly $1.3 billion — for breaching European Union privacy laws.

Meta, which owns Facebook, had continued to transfer user data from countries in the European Union and the (DPC) found.

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