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  The parent company of Instagram, Meta, was fined €405 million for improper handling of adolescent data. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the final verdict and penalties. According to Meta, “we disagree with the methodology used to determine this fine and intend to challenge it”. The parent company of Instagram, Meta, was fined €405 million for improper handling of adolescent data. Following an inquiry into the firm’s data handling procedures, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the final verdict and penalties. The DPC made its decision last Friday, promising to provide “complete details” this week. Two years prior, when the inquiry first began, it was concentrated on two ways the social network had broken the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws. The first breach occurred as a result of Instagram allowing users between the ages of 13 and 17 to create business accounts, making their personal data accessible to the public. Instagram also by ...

Leading social networking site Facebook has announced the abolition of the face recognition system and the deletion of billions of fee prints. The announcement was made by Facebook's parent company Meta in the wake of serious privacy concerns over the scandalous social media network. Published in French news agency, AFP's report, according to the tech worst crisis giant so far came at a time when reporters, lawmakers and US regulators, the company's internal Documents have also been leaked. There are many concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society, and regulators are still working to legislate to regulate its use," said Facebook parent company Meta in a statement.' "We believe it is appropriate to limit the use of facial recognition in this uncertainty," the company added. The decision will result in the elimination of a Facebook feature that automatically identifies people who appear in users' digital photos, and this featur...