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      Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

      In Victory for Online Privacy, Facebook Fined $1.3 Billion for Sending EU User Data to US

      "Unless U.S. surveillance laws get fixed," said one privacy campaigner, "Meta will have to fundamentally restructure its systems."

      Julia Conley
      May 22, 2023

      Facebook and its parent company, Meta, will soon be forced to "fundamentally" change its social media platform's structure, said one advocate following a ruling announced Monday by a data privacy panel in Ireland.

      The Data Protection Commission in Ireland, where Facebook has its European Union headquarters, announced that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) found the tech company liable for a $1.3 billion fine for transferring and storing data from E.U. users to the United States. The company was given six months to return all personal data to data centers in the E.U. and to stop transferring the information, including photos, communications, and information gathered for targeted ads.

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      FTC Praised for Pushing Meta to End Exploitation of Kids' Data for Profit

      "Kids should never have been used as an engine of profit for Meta, and it's great that the FTC is continuing to act aggressively," said one advocate who urged broader congressional action.

      Jessica Corbett
      May 03, 2023

      Children's advocacy and government watchdog groups on Wednesday welcomed the Federal Trade Commission's push to implement new protections for youth users of Meta products including Facebook in response to the company allegedly violating a 2020 privacy order.

      Calling the agency's action "long overdue," Fairplay executive director Josh Golin said that "for years, Meta has flouted the law and exploited millions of children and teens in their efforts to maximize profits, with little care as to the harms faced by young users on their platforms."

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      Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

      Child Advocates Rebuke 'Beyond Appalling' Facebook Push to Allow Kids in the Metaverse

      "Should Meta throw open the doors of these worlds to minors rather than pause to protect them, you would, yet again, demonstrate your company to be untrustworthy when it comes to safeguarding young people's best interests," a coalition told CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

      Julia Conley
      Apr 14, 2023

      On the heels of a study showing that minors who use Facebook's virtual reality platform known as the "Metaverse" have routinely been exposed to harassment and abuse, a coalition of more than 70 children's health experts and advocacy groups on Friday called on its parent company Meta to scrap plans to officially open up the digital world to children as young as 13.

      A letter signed by groups including Fairplay and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) warns that insufficient research has been done on the effects of spending time on platforms like Facebook's "Horizon Worlds"—but notes the research that has been done shows clear risks.

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