Meta slapped with $1.3 billion fine for sending EU user data to the U.S.

Facebook's parent company Meta has been fined 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) for breaching the European Union's data protection rules. The issue revolves around the way Facebook handled European user data. According to Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), which announced the results of its inquiry into Meta Ireland on Monday, Facebook's transferring of user data from Europe to the U.S. was in breach of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules. SEE ALSO: Scammers hack veri...