Meta faces $402 million EU fine over Instagram's privacy settings for children

Meta has been fined €405 million ($402 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission for its handling of children's privacy settings on Instagram, which violated Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As Politico reports , it's the second-largest fine to come out of Europe's GDPR laws, and the third (and largest) fine levied against Meta by the regulator. The fine stems from the photo sharing app's privacy settings on accounts run by children. The DPC had been investigating Ins...