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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users (apnews.com)
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[–] RonSijm@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Although I agree with the sentiment - the article mentions that it's "only" regarding about 1 mil people. (Probably South Korean users)

So it's still a $15 fine per violation. Could have been much higher, sure, but I don't know if that's a good return of investment for Facebook.

Maybe this case sets an example for other countries or regulatory bodies to start issuing fines to Facebook as well