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Irish regulators hit Facebook's parent company Meta by imposing hundreds of millions of euros in penalties.
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Meta was fined for privacy violations on the internet and prohibited Meta from requiring European users to consent to targeted ads based on their internet activity.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission imposed two fines of three hundred million dollars ($414 million) in its ruling.
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Regarding two instances that might alter Meta's model of business that targets users with ads based upon the activities, they engage in online.
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The regulator punished Meta 220 million euros for breaches of the European Union's strict privacy regulations for data on Facebook.
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And another 180 million euros in connection with violations related to Instagram.
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This is the latest penalty the commission has issued for Meta for privacy-related violations.
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In addition to four other penalties for the company from 2021, it totaled over 990 million euros.