Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won

3 years ago by L4sBot to c/technology

Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won::Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.

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query 32 points 3 years ago

That's still just $36.5 million a year, that should be the daily rate for a company the size of Facebook.

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sci 37 points 3 years ago

these fines usually come with a court order to fix the problem, not fixing it will lead to exponentially higher fines or even a complete ban.

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NeoNachtwaechter 1 point 3 years ago

But the article says it was AFTER they did not follow laws and court orders for five years

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